Lübtheen Explained

Type:	Stadt
Image Coa:	Lübtheen-Wappen.PNG
Coordinates:	53.3°N 16°W
Image Plan:	Lübtheen in LUP.svg
State:	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District:	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Elevation:	15
Area:	119.69
Postal Code:	19249
Area Code:	038855
Licence:	LWL
Gemeindeschlüssel:	13 0 76 088
Divisions:	18
Website:	www.luebtheen.de
Mayor:	Ute Lindenau

Lübtheen (pronounced as /de/) is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Ludwigslust, and 37 km southwest of Schwerin. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

Populated places

The city of Lübtheen (formerly an amt) consists of the following zones with their respective populated places:

• Lübtheen Borough
  • Jessenitz-Werk, Neu Lübtheen, Probst Jesar, Quassel, Trebs
• Garlitz Borough
  • Garlitz, Brömsenberg, Gudow, Langenheide
• Gößlow Borough
  • Gößlow, Bandekow, Lübbendorf, Neuenrode
• Jessenitz Borough
  • Jessenitz, Benz, Briest, Jessenitz-Siedlung, Lank, Volzrade

The former independent municipalities of Garlitz, Gößlow and Jessenitz were incorporated into the expanded city of Lübtheen on 13 June 2004.^[1]

Notable people

• Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901), music historian, critic and publisher

Notes and References

1. § 12 der Hauptsatzung (PDF; 77 kB) der Stadt.