Lübz | |
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) Coat of arms | |
Location of Lübz within Ludwigslust-Parchim district ) | |
)  Lübz ) Lübz | |
| Coordinates: 53°27′47″N 12°01′42″E / 53.46306°N 12.02833°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Ludwigslust-Parchim |
| Municipal assoc. | Eldenburg Lübz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gudrun Stein |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.49 km2 (28.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,239 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 19386 |
| Dialling codes | 038731 |
| Vehicle registration | PCH |
| Website | www.luebz.de |
Lübz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Elde, 12 km northeast of Parchim. It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and one of the larger regional breweries. The former municipality Gischow was merged into Lübz in May 2019.
Notable people
- Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), mathematician
- René Dettweiler (born 1983), prizefighter
- Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the Holocaust in Latvia
- Hanna Gienow (born 1943), Hamburg-area politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Greese (1926–2001), actor
- Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state
- Manfred Knebusch (born 1939), mathematician
- Karin Strenz (born 1967), politician (CDU)
- Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper
- Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), East German javelin thrower
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Fountain by sculptor Christian Genschow and defence tower
References
- ^ "Statistisches Amt M-V – Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2019". Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). July 2020.