What is "dannevirke"

Dannevirke (Danish: "Danish creation" or "Danes' work" and a reference to Danevirke), is a rural service town in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is the major town of the administrative Tararua District, the easternmost of the districts in which the Regional Council has responsibilities. The surrounding area has developed into dairy, beef cattle and sheep farming, which now provides the major income for the town's population of 6,000.

Dannevirke is a town in the North island of New Zealand. The term may also refer to one of the following places:

• Dannevirke, Nebraska, a community in the United States
• Danevirke, a system of Danish fortifications in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Dannewerk, a municipality in Amt Haddeby in Schleswig-Flensburg District, Germany.