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Lüneburg

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Also known as Hanseatic City of Lüneburg, Lunenburg, Lueneburg, Luneburg

Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title ('Hanseatic Town') in its name since 2007, in recognition

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Lüneburg is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located near Hamburg and home to approximately 77,000 people, with an urban area of around 103,000 when including surrounding communities. The town holds the official title of Hanseatic City, a designation granted in 2007 in recognition of its historical significance to the medieval Hanseatic League of trading cities.

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Key facts

German place.area_code
04131
German place.type
Stadt
German place.name
Lüneburg
German place.image_photo
2010-06-06-lueneburg-by-RalfR-10.jpg
German place.image_caption
Panorama of Lüneburg from the water tower, with St. Johannis Church in the foreground to the right
German place.image_coa
DEU Lüneburg COA v2.svg
German place.image_plan
Lüneburg in LG.svg
German place.state
Niedersachsen
German place.district
Lüneburg
German place.elevation
17
German place.area
70.34
German place.postal_code
21335–21337–21339
German place.licence
LG
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
03 3 55 022
German place.divisions
14 districts
German place.website
www.hansestadt-lueneburg.de
German place.mayor
Claudia Kalisch
German place.leader_term
2021–26

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Hansestadt Lüneburg
Population
77511
Area
70.5
Elevation
17
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Uelzen
Image
Kirche St Johannis Lueneburg.jpg
Dialing code
04131
Licence plate code
LG
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twinned administrative body
Tartu City
Commons category
Lüneburg
topic's main category
Category:Lüneburg
category for people born here
Category:Births in Lüneburg
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Lüneburg
postal code
21339
category of associated people
Category:People from Lüneburg
Commons gallery
Lüneburg
short name
Luen
different from
Lüneburg
native label
Lüneburg
hashtag
Lüneburg
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Encyclopedic overview

35 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • From village to commercial town
  • Hanseatic period
  • Modern period to the end of the Second World War
  • Post-war period
  • Amalgamated villages/communities
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Neighbouring towns and cities
  • Town layout
  • Historical quarters
  • ''Stadtteile''
  • Subsidence
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Governance
  • Council
  • Mayor
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • Online culture and entertainment
  • Public service and thinking
  • Arts
  • Science & business
  • Sport
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title ('Hanseatic Town') in its name since 2007, in recognition of its membership in the former Hanseatic League. Lüneburg is also home to Leuphana University.

== History ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lüneburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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