Boizenburg

Also known as Boizenburg/Elbe

Boizenburg () is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, west of Ludwigslust, northeast of Lüneburg and east of Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Boizenburg's historical old town stretches along the Elbe, has a harbour and offers heritage baroque timberframe and brick buildings.

Key facts

German place.image_photo: Boizenburg_town_hall.jpg
German place.imagesize: 250px
German place.image_caption: Town hall (2008)
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_coa: Wappen Boizenburg Elbe.svg
German place.image_plan: Boizenburg-Elbe_in_LUP.svg
German place.state: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
German place.district: Ludwigslust-Parchim
German place.elevation: 15
German place.area: 47.43
German place.postal_code: 19258
German place.area_code: 038847
German place.licence: LWL
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 13 0 76 014
German place.website: www.boizenburg.de
German place.mayor: Harald Jäschke
German place.party: parteilos

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Climate
Sightseeing
Miscellaneous
Transport
Personalities
Sons and daughters
References

As per the dictates of the Yalta Conference, Boizenburg was placed just a few kilometers behind the perimeter of the Iron Curtain, otherwise known as the 'Inner German Border'.

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