| Lüneburg | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Lüneburg |
| Town subdivisions | 24 districts |
| Lord Mayor | Ulrich Mädge (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 70. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 34 km² (27. 2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population | 72,057 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 1,024 /km² (2,653 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LG |
| Postal codes | 21335–21337–21339 |
| Area code | 04131 |
| Website | www.lueneburg.de |
Lüneburg, also known as Lueneburg and Lunenburg in English, is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 45 km southeast of Hamburg. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany It is the capital of the district of Lüneburg. Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen The city's metropolitan population, including that of surrounding communes like Adendorf, Bardowick and Reppenstedt, is 102,660.
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Geography
The Ilmenau River, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through Lüneburg. The Ilmenau is a River in Lower Saxony, Germany, left tributary of the Elbe. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe.
History
The ancient town is probably to be identified with Leufana or Leuphana (Greek: Λευφάνα), a town listed in Ptolemy (2. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca 10) in the north of Germany on the west of the Elbe, but this identification is not universally accepted. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe. Lüneburg was first mentioned in 956.
In mediæval times, the town was remarkably rich due to the salt trade. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants There were several salterns surrounding the town. Saltern is a word with a number of differing (but interrelated meanings The salt was exported to the neighbouring fiefs. Along the Old Salt Route it was transported via Lauenburg to Lübeck and from there shipped to all the Baltic coasts. The Old Salt Route (German Alte Salzstraße) was a medieval trade route in northern Germany for the transport of salt. Lübeck ( is the second largest City in Schleswig-Holstein, in Northern Germany, and one of the major Lüneburg was for a long time one of the capitals of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg; the town and its salt were major factors of power and wealth of the Hanseatic League. Brunswick-Lüneburg (Braunschweig-Lüneburg also Brunswick-Lunenburg was a historical ducal state during the period from the Late Middle Ages through the The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade
After a long period of prosperity, its importance declined after 1600. The town became part of the Electorate of Hanover in 1708, the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814, and the Prussian Province of Hanover in 1866. The Electorate of Hanover (or more formally the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Kurfürstentum Hannover Kurfürstentum Braunschweig-Lüneburg became the ninth Electorate The Kingdom of Hanover (Königreich Hannover was established in October of 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The Province of Hanover (Provinz Hannover was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946 After World War II, it became part of the new state of Lower Saxony. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second
The salt mine was closed in 1980, ending the thousand-year tradition of salt mining. The town gained new relevance from its university, which was founded in 1989. The deforestation of the surrounding area for the salt production created the unique landscape of the Lüneburg Heath. The Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide is a region in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The Polabian name of Lüneburg is Glain (spelled Chlein or Glein in older German reference material), propably derived from glaino (< Slavic *glina) ‘mud’, ‘clay’. The Polabian language, which became extinct in the 18th century was a group of Slavic Dialects spoken in present-day northern Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages
On May 23, 1945, the Nazi war criminal Heinrich Himmler committed suicide in Lüneburg after he had been captured by the British Army. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. He swallowed a potassium cyanide capsule before his interrogation could begin. Potassium cyanide is an Inorganic compound with the formula KCN His body is buried in a nearby forest in an unmarked location.
Twin towns
Lüneburg is twinned with:
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Gallery
 Am Sande |
 Old crane and old store at the medieval Lüneburg harbour |
 Lüneburger Rathaus |
Notable people
- Fritz Heinemann
- Esther Marie Mengelkamp
- Bernhard Riemann — studied for his Abitur at the Johanneum Lüneburg
- Mike Mareen - Successful Disco artist who grew up in Lüneburg. Fritz Heinemann ( February 8, 1889 - January 7, 1970) was a German Philosopher. Abitur (from Latin abire = go away go off is a designation used in Germany and Finland for final exams that young adults take at the end of Mike Mareen was born in post-war Berlin, West Germany and grew up in Lüneburg.
- J S Bach - Bach attended the Lüneburg school and sang in its choir[1][2]
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856). WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, first published in 1854, was the last of a series of classical dictionaries edited by the English scholar Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents
- ^ The New Bach Reader, p37
- ^ http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/luneburg.html - "Johann Sebastian and a friend Georg Erdmann turned their steps toward the north, both boys carrying all their worldly belongings in a two-hundred mile trek to Lüneburg. At the Michaelisschule their duties were to sing in the church choir on Sundays. . . ".
See also
External links
- Official website (German)
- Official website (English)
- Leuphana University (German)
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