{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Dannemare | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = Dannemare Kirke-crop.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption =Dannemare Church | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark Lolland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location on [[Lolland]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Denmark]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Region Zealand|Zealand (''Sjælland'')]]| subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Lolland Municipality]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_urban_km2 = 0.5 | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_urban = 377 | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Dannemarianer | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|54|45|38|N|11|11|14|E|region:DK|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Dannemare''' is a village on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of [[Lolland]] located 11 km south of [[Nakskov]] and 19 km west of [[Rødby]]. As of 2025, it has a population of 377.<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population areas] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
==History and heritage== The area has a long history. [[Hoby treasure|A tomb from the 1st century AD]] has been discovered in Hoby while communities such as Tillitse and Kuditse have [[Wends|Wendian]] names indicating they were founded by the Wends before the 13th century. The area is also home to the historic manor houses of Ølligesøgård and Bådesgård. The runestone in Tillitse churchyard is from the early 11th century. The recently restored belfry in Gloslunde is one of Denmark's oldest wooden buildings dating from the 15th century.<ref name=doo>[https://archive.today/20130812134212/http://www.lolland.dk/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=/Files/Filer/Omrdebeskrivelser+ML/Dannemare_og__omegn.pdf "Dannemare og omegn"], Lolland.dk. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 12 August 2013.</ref>
From 1926 to 1953, Dannemare was a station on the Nakskov-Rødby railway. The old station building can still be seen at No. 18 Stationsvej.<ref>Niels Jensen: ''Jernbaner på Lolland-Falster og Bornholm''. Clausens Forlag 1977, page 79.</ref>
==Landmarks== Historic churches in the area include the early 13th century [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] churches of [[Arninge Church|Arninge]], [[Græshave Church|Græshave]], [[Groslunde Church|Groslunde]] and [[Tillitse Church|Tillitse]]. [[Dannemare Church]], also originally from the Romanesque period, was rebuilt in 1897 after a fire.<ref>[http://gloslundepastorat.dk/Historie1.aspx "Groslunde Pastorat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922073635/http://gloslundepastorat.dk/Historie1.aspx |date=2013-09-22 }}, Folkekirken.dk. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 11 August 2013.</ref>
[[Rudbjerggaard]], a half-timbered manor house completed in 1502, is located 5 km to the west of the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rudbjerggaard.dk/artikel.asp?menuID=7&subMenuID=0&subSubMenuID=0&artikel=5|title=Landbrugsproduktion|language=Danish|publisher=Rudbjerggaard|accessdate=2013-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317091308/http://www.rudbjerggaard.dk/artikel.asp?menuID=7&subMenuID=0&subSubMenuID=0&artikel=5|archive-date=2007-03-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==The village today== Dannemare has a school, a cultural centre, a kindergarten, a food store, restaurants, hairdressers and several associations. Tourists are attracted to the nearby summer house developments at Hummingen and Kramnitse.<ref name=doo/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Lolland}} {{Towns of Lolland Municipality}}
[[Category:Villages in Lolland Municipality]] [[Category:Lolland]]