Lübz
Lübz | |
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 Municipal tower in Lübz | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lübz within Ludwigslust-Parchim district  | |
  Lübz  Lübz | |
| Coordinates: 53°27′47″N 12°01′42″E / 53.46306°N 12.02833°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Ludwigslust-Parchim |
| Municipal assoc. | Eldenburg Lübz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Astrid Becker |
| Area | |
• Total | 74.49 km2 (28.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 6,146 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 19386 |
| Dialling codes | 038731 |
| Vehicle registration | PCH |
| Website | www.luebz.de |
Lübz (German pronunciation: [lʏpt͜s]) is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Elde, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Parchim.
History
[edit]The first mention of Lubicz comes from 1224. The name is of Lechitic origin. It was granted town rights after 1456.
During World War II, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town.[2]
The former municipality Gischow was merged into Lübz in May 2019.
Economy
[edit]It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and one of the larger regional breweries.
Notable people
[edit]- Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state
- Ludwig Brunow (1843 in Lutheran - 1913), sculptor.
- Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), mathematician
- Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the Holocaust in Latvia
- Wolfgang Greese (1926–2001), actor
- Manfred Knebusch (born 1939), mathematician
- Hanna Gienow (born 1943), Hamburg-area politician (CDU)
- Karin Strenz (1967–2021), politician (CDU)
Sport
[edit]- Gerd Wessig (born 1959), German high jumper, gold medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), German javelin thrower
- René Dettweiler (born 1983), prizefighter, former boxer.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- ^ Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 108. ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.
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