Lauenburg/Elbe
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| Lauenburg | |
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| Coordinates: | |
| Time zone: | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Administration | |
| Country: | Germany |
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| State: | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District: | Lauenburg |
| Mayor: | Harald Heuer |
| Basic Statistics | |
| Area: | 9.54 km² (4 sq.mi.) |
| Population: | 11,692 (30 June 2005) |
| - Density: | 1,226 /km² (3,174 /sq.mi.) |
| Elevation: | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Further Information | |
| Postal code: | 21481 |
| Area code: | 04153 |
| Licence plate code: | RZ |
Lauenburg (listen ) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated at the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. Lauenburg belongs to the Kreis (district) of Lauenburg and had a population of 11,900 as of 2002. The town is also known in German as "Lauenburg an der Elbe" to differentiate it from other places with the name Lauenburg.
The town was founded in 1182 by Bernard of Ascania, the ancestor of the Dukes of Lauenburg. Lauenburg was a duchy until 1689; the area of the medieval fief was roughly identical with today's district. In medieval times Lauenburg was a waypoint on the Old Salt Route, while today it is the southern terminus of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal.
[edit] Notable residents
- Karl Ludwig Harding (1765-1834)
[edit] Twin towns
Lauenburg is twinned with:
Boizenburg (Germany)
Dudelange (Luxembourg)
Lębork (Poland) (formerly Lauenburg im Pommern)
Manom (France)
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Altstadt-Lauenburg (German)
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