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Lüneburg
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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
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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- 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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- Official name
- Hansestadt Lüneburg
- Country
- Electorate of Hanover
- Located in
- Lüneburg Government Region
- Population
- 77511
- Area
- 70.5
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Lüneburg Government Region
- Shares border with
- Uelzen
- Official website
- www.hansestadtlueneburg.de
- Image
- Kirche St Johannis Lueneburg.jpg
- Dialing code
- 04131
- Licence plate code
- LG
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- postal code
- 21339
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- Luen
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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.
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