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Lutzen

Lützen
View from Lützen Castle
View from Lützen Castle
Coat of arms of Lützen
Coat of arms
Lützen   is located in Germany
Lützen
Lützen
Coordinates: 51°15′N 12°8′E / 51.250°N 12.133°E / 51.250; 12.133Coordinates: 51°15′N 12°8′E / 51.250°N 12.133°E / 51.250; 12.133
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Burgenlandkreis
Government
 • Mayor Dirk Könnecke (Non-partisan)
Area
 • Total 108.28 km2 (41.81 sq mi)
Elevation 220 m (720 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 8,625
 • Density 80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 06679, 06686
Dialling codes 034441, 034444
Vehicle registration WSF
Website www.luetzen-info.de

About this sound Lützen  is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

It is situated in the Leipzig Bay, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of the Leipzig city limits and 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of Weißenfels. The town has access to the Bundesstraße 87 road from Leipzig to Weißenfels as well as to the Bundesautobahn 9 (at the Bad Dürrenberg junction) and the Bundesautobahn 38.

The municipal area comprises the villages of

Held by the Prince-Bishops of Merseburg, Lützen Castle from the 13th century onwards was the seat of the local administration (Amt). After the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig, the town increasingly fell under the Wettin electors of Saxony, until the episcopal lands were finally secularised in 1547; from 1656/57 until 1738 it was held by the secundogeniture of Saxe-Merseburg.


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