Lübz

Lübz
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Coordinates: 53°27′47″N 12°01′42″E / 53.46306°N 12.02833°E / 53.46306; 12.02833Coordinates: 53°27′47″N 12°01′42″E / 53.46306°N 12.02833°E / 53.46306; 12.02833
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Eldenburg Lübz
Government
• Mayor	Astrid Becker
Area
• Total	74.49 km2 (28.76 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,204
• Density	83/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
•  [de] (born 1983), prizefighter
• Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the Holocaust in Latvia
•  [de] (born 1943), Hamburg-area politician (CDU)
•  [de] (1926–2001), actor
• Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state
•  [de] (born 1939), mathematician
• Karin Strenz (1967–2021), politician (CDU)
• Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper
• Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), East German javelin thrower

Fountain by sculptor Christian Genschow and defence tower

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