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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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Wikidata facts

Official name
Boizenburg
Population
10881
Area
47.43
Elevation
15
Official website
www.boizenburg.de
Image
Boizenburger Altstadt.jpg
Dialing code
038847
Licence plate code
STB
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Commons category
Boizenburg/Elbe
postal code
19258
Commons gallery
Boizenburg/Elbe
inception
1201-01-01
hashtag
BoizenburgElbe
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  • History
  • Climate
  • Sightseeing
  • Miscellaneous
  • Transport
  • Personalities
  • Sons and daughters
  • References

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.

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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