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| Dams | ||
| federal state | Lower Saxony | |
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| Residents | 17.127 (2019) | |
| height | 53 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 54 91 99 66 67 damme.de | |
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background
Dams is a city in the district Vechta in north-western Lower Saxony. The city is partly in Dümmer Nature Park. The dumber (also Dumber lake) is about 10 km west of the city, the ridge of the Dammer Mountains limits the city in the east. The Wiehengebirge lies south of Damme.
The area around Damme was already a settlement area well before Christian times, as evidenced by various finds such as Stone Age large stone graves on the Dümmer, Bronze Age and Iron Age grave finds and Säschsische ramparts.
Like the entire Vechta region, Damme is still a strongly Catholic city, which - in addition to a proportion of over 60% Catholics in the total population - is reflected in the somewhat unusual carnival custom, a monastery and several Catholic parishes.
getting there
By plane
By train
There is no rail connection in Damme. The next train stations are in Vechta and Osnabrück
By bus
In the street
By boat
By bicycle
The D7 (Pilgrim route) leads through Damme.
On foot
Walkers on the Via Baltica come through dam.
mobility
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Tourist Attractions
activities
Events
- The Dammer Carneval has existed since 1614 - that is, for 400 years. The traditional carnival parades take place one week before Shrove Monday. This somewhat unusual custom goes back to the order of the Bishop of Münster in 1892, who set a 40-hour prayer time in the middle of the carnival time in order to put an end to the carnival that he complained about. The citizens of Dammer, on the other hand, did not want to let their fun be taken away and moved their carnival without further ado by a week - which has been maintained to this day.
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
- 1 Damme youth hostel, Neuer Jugendherbergsweg 2, 49401 Damme. Tel.: 49 54 91 96 720, Fax: 49 54 91 96 72 29, Email: [email protected].
medium
- 2 Guest house of the Priory of St. Benedict, Benediktstrasse 19, 49401 Damme. Tel.: 49 5491 958-125, Fax: 49 5491 958-111, Email: [email protected]. The guest house of the monastery, which is a priory of the Mission Benedictines in Münsterschwarzach is, also offers single and double rooms to guests who want to get to know monastic life independently of the course offers and are looking for a place to contemplate and rest.
Upscale
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security
health
Practical advice
- 1 Tourist Information Recreation Area Dammer Berge, Mühlenstrasse 12, 49401 Damme. Tel.: 49 54 91 99 66 67, Fax: 49 54 91 99 66 68, Email: [email protected]. Open: mid-September to the end of April Mon-Fri 8.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m., May-Sept. Mon-Fri 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., Mon-Thu 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
trips
- At the nearby dumber
- Ins Merfeld break to the Dülmen wild horse herd
- to Vechta, one of the smallest university towns in Lower Saxony
literature
Web links
http://www.damme.de/ - Damme official website
