Lauenburg/Elbe
Lauenburg (), or Lauenburg an der Elbe (; ), is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. It is overall the southernmost town of Schleswig-Holstein and belongs to the district () of Herzogtum Lauenburg.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Lauenburg
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- LauenburgElbe.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View from the Elbe
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Lauenburg Elbe.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Lauenburg (Elbe) COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Lauenburg-Elbe in RZ.svg
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.district
- Lauenburg
- German location.elevation
- 49
- German location.area
- 9.56
- German location.postal_code
- 21481
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Lauenburg (), or Lauenburg an der Elbe (; ), is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. It is overall the southernmost town of Schleswig-Holstein and belongs to the district () of Herzogtum Lauenburg.
==History== The town was founded in 1182 by Bernard of Ascania, the ancestor of the Dukes of Lauenburg. It took its name from that of the castle of Lowenborch (erected here between 1181 and 1182), deriving from Lave, the Polabian-language name of the Elbe (compare modern Czech Labe).