Lübz

Town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lübz within Ludwigslust-Parchim district

53°27′47″N 12°01′42″E / 53.46306°N 12.02833°E / 53.46306; 12.02833CountryGermanyStateMecklenburg-VorpommernDistrictLudwigslust-Parchim Municipal assoc.Eldenburg Lübz Government

• MayorAstrid BeckerArea

• Total74.49 km² (28.76 sq mi)Elevation

50 m (160 ft)Population

(2021-12-31)^[1]

• Total6,167 • Density83/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

19386

Dialling codes038731Vehicle registrationPCHWebsitewww.luebz.de

Lübz (German pronunciation: [lʏpt͜s]) is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Elde, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Parchim.

History

The first mention of Lubicz comes from 1224. The name is of Lechitic origin. It was granted town rights after 1456.

During World War II, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town.^[2]

The former municipality Gischow was merged into Lübz in May 2019.

Economy

It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and one of the larger regional breweries.

Notable people

Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state
Ludwig Brunow (1843 in Lutheran - 1913), sculptor.
Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), mathematician
Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the Holocaust in Latvia
Wolfgang Greese [de] (1926–2001), actor
Manfred Knebusch [de] (born 1939), mathematician
Hanna Gienow [de] (born 1943), Hamburg-area politician (CDU)
Karin Strenz (1967–2021), politician (CDU)

Sport

Gerd Wessig (born 1959), German high jumper, gold medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), German javelin thrower
René Dettweiler [de] (born 1983), prizefighter, former boxer.

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2022.
^ Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 108. ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.