Uelzen

Uelzen (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Uelzen (), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality.

Key facts

German place.type: Stadt
German place.name: Uelzen
German place.image_coa: DEU Uelzen COA.svg
German place.image_photo: Hundertwasserbahnhof-Uelzen.jpg
German place.image_caption: Hundertwasser Station Uelzen
German place.image_plan: Uelzen in UE.svg
German place.state: Niedersachsen
German place.district: Uelzen
German place.elevation: 43
German place.area: 136.84
German place.postal_code: 29525
German place.area_code: 0581
German place.licence: UE
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 3 60 025
German place.divisions: 16 districts
German place.website: www.uelzen.de
German place.mayor: Jürgen Markwardt
German place.leader_term: 2021–26

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Population: 33991
Area: 136.84
Elevation: 43
Official website: www.hansestadt-uelzen.de
Image: Uelzen - Hundertwasserbahnhof 08 ies.jpg
Dialing code: 0581
Licence plate code: UE

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Commons category: Uelzen
postal code: 29525
short name: Uel
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Contents

History
Geography
Location
Divisions
Climate
Governance
Mayor
Twin towns – sister cities
Arts and culture
Theatre
Museums
Economy
Infrastructure
Railway station
Courts
Education
Health and medicine
Notable people
Sport
See also
Notes
References
External links

Uelzen is characterised by timber-framed architecture and also has some striking examples of North German brick Gothic. The town earned pan-regional fame when Friedensreich Hundertwasser was selected to redesign the railway station: the final work of the celebrated Viennese artist and architect was ceremonially opened in 2000 as the Hundertwasser Station, Uelzen, and remains a popular tourism destination.