Lenzen (Elbe) Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:Lenzener Wappen.png
Coordinates:53.0911°N 11.4733°W
Image Plan:Lenzen (Elbe) in PR.png
State:Brandenburg
District:Prignitz
Amt:Lenzen-Elbtalaue
Elevation:19
Area:95.75
Postal Code:19309
Area Code:038792
Licence:PR
Gemeindeschlüssel:12 0 70 244
Divisions:9 Ortsteile
Website:www.lenzenelbe.de
Mayor:Walter Jahnke[1]
Leader Term:2024 - 29

Lenzen (Elbe) is a small town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. The town lies to the north of the Löcknitz River, not far from where the Löcknitz flows into the Elbe. It is part of the Amt Lenzen-Elbtalaue.

Overview

Lenzen is situated near the Elbe, approx. 20 km northwest of Wittenberge. It was the scene of the Battle of Lenzen, an early victory by the Germans over the Wends in 929.

Frederick, Count of Zollern, confiscated it from the von Quitzow family in 1420 for their part in the uprising of the Wendish nobility, and mortgaged it to Otto von Blumenthal. He redeemed the mortgage and restored the von Quitzows in 1422.

Another Lenzen is an Old Prussian site in (former) East-Prussia near the Baltic Sea.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12070000 Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters