Lüneburg
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Summary
Lüneburg is a Hanseatic city[1]. Lüneburg draws 7,940 Wikipedia views per month (hanseatic city category, ranking #5 of 42).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Lüneburg Regional Association[3], Wendish cities[4], Climate Alliance[5], Niedersächsischer Städtetag[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lüneburg[7]
- Country: Germany[8]
- Head of government: Claudia Kalisch[9]
- Instance of: college town[10], major regional center[11], district capital[12], large independent city of Lower Saxony[13], urban municipality in Germany[14], Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony[15]
- Shares border with: Wendisch Evern[16], Barendorf[17], Reinstorf[18], Scharnebeck[19], Adendorf[20], Bardowick[21], Vögelsen[22], Reppenstedt[23], Kirchgellersen[24], Südergellersen[25], Embsen[26], Melbeck[27], Deutsch Evern[28], Bispingen[29]
- Twinned administrative body: Kulmbach[30], Ivrea[31], Scunthorpe[32], Naruto[33], Clamart[34], Iisalmi[35], Viborg[36], Tartu City[37]
- Postal code: 21335[38], 21337[39], 21339[40]
- Commons category: Lüneburg[41]
- Licence plate code: LG[42]
- Local dialing code: 04131[43]
- Coordinate location: 53.2525, 10.414444444444[44]
- Official website: https://www.hansestadtlueneburg.de/[45]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lüneburg[46]
- Commons gallery: Lüneburg[47]
- Population: 71,668[48], 74,494[49], 75,192[50], 72,492[51], 75,351[52], 75,599[53], 76,837[54], 77,511[55], 74,785[56], 74,502[57]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[58], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[59], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[60], Regesta Imperii[61]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lüneburg include Lüneburg Heath[62], a landscape[63], in Germany[64]; Brunswick-Lüneburg[65], a duchy[66], in Holy Roman Empire[67], founded in 1235[68]; Lüneburg[69], a district of Lower Saxony[70], in Germany[71], founded in 1885[72]; Lüneburg Government Region[73], a government region of Prussia[74], in Germany[75], founded in 1885[76]; Lüneburg station[77], an island railway station[78], in Germany[79]; lüneburgite[80], a mineral species[81]; and 10801 Lüneburg[82], an asteroid[83].
Why It Matters
Lüneburg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[84] Lüneburg is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[85]
Entities named for Lüneburg include Lüneburg Heath[62], a landscape[63], in Germany[64]; Brunswick-Lüneburg[65], a duchy[66], in Holy Roman Empire[67], founded in 1235[68]; Lüneburg[69], a district of Lower Saxony[70], in Germany[71], founded in 1885[72]; Lüneburg Government Region[73], a government region of Prussia[74], in Germany[75], founded in 1885[76]; Lüneburg station[77], an island railway station[78], in Germany[79]; and lüneburgite[80], a mineral species[81].