Lüneburg is a city in the District of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. The historical English spelling was Lunenburg. Since the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg became King of Great Britain in 1707, many places in former British colonies also carry this name.

Places

Germany

* Lüneburg, a city in the District of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany **

Lüneburg (district) Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen, Heidekreis and Harburg, and the states of Schleswig-Holstein (district of Lauenburg) and Mecklenbu ...

, in Lower Saxony, Germany ** Principality of Lüneburg, 1269-1705 *

Lüneburg Heath Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen a ...

, a large area of heath, geest and woodland in northern Germany

Africa

* Lüneburg, Namibia, a populated place in Hardap, Namibia * Luneburg, KwaZulu-Natal, a town in South Africa

Canada

* Lunenburg, Nova Scotia * Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (municipal district) *

Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Lunenburg County is an historical county and census division on the South Shore (Nova Scotia), South Shore of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Major settlements include Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Bridgewat ...

* Lunenburg (electoral district), Nova Scotia *

Lunenburg (provincial electoral district) Lunenburg is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. From 1867 to 1956, the district included all of Lunenburg County.

, Nova Scotia * Lunenburg, Ontario, in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties * North Lunenburg, Ontario

United States

Lunenburg, Arkansas Lunenburg is a small unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. It lies between Guion and Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Austr ...

* Lunenburg, Massachusetts, a New England town **

Lunenburg (CDP), Massachusetts Lunenburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lunenburg in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2010 census. Geography Lunenburg is located at (42.595056, -71.724654). According to the ...

, the main village in the town *

Lunenburg, Vermont Lunenburg is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2020 census, the most populous in Essex County. Lunenburg contains the villages of West Lunenburg, South Lunenburg, Mill Village (Northern Lunenburg) ...

, a New England town **

Lunenburg (CDP), Vermont Lunenburg is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lunenburg, Essex County, Vermont, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southern Essex County, in the southeast p ...

, the main village in the town *

Lunenburg, Virginia Lunenburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 165 at the 2010 census. The community is also known as Lunenburg Courthouse or Lunenburg Court House. Geography ...

Lunenburg County, Virginia Lunenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,936. Its county seat is Lunenburg. History Lunenburg County was established on May 1, 1746, from Brunswick County. The county ...

Other uses

Lüneberg cheese Lüneberg is a cow's-milk cheese made in mountain valleys in Vorarlberg in western Austria.Text in this article was incorporated from the following public domain U.S. Government publication: * Doane, C.F.; Hargrove, Robert C.; Lawson, H.W.; Mathe ...

, made in Austria *

Luneburg lens A Luneburg lens (original German ''Lüneburg lens'', sometimes incorrectly spelled ''Luneberg lens'') is a spherically symmetric gradient-index lens. A typical Luneburg lens's refractive index ''n'' decreases radially from the center to the outer ...

Rudolf Luneburg Rudolf Karl Lüneburg (30 March 1903, Volkersheim (Bockenem) - 19 August 1949, Great Falls, Montana), after his emigration at first Lueneburg, later Luneburg, falsified ''Luneberg'') was a professor of mathematics and optics at the Dartmouth Colle ...

(1903-1949), professor of mathematics and optics *

Kristen Luneberg The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group since 1992. In 2005, Miss North Carolina USA Chelse ...