Lübz () is a town in the

Ludwigslust-Parchim Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The district seat is Parchim, a branch office of the administration is located in Ludwigslust. After Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, it is the second-biggest distri ...

district, in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

, in north-eastern

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. It is situated on the river Elde, northeast of Parchim.

History

The first mention of ''Lubicz'' comes from 1224. The name is of Lechitic origin. It was granted town rights after 1456. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town. The former municipality Gischow was merged into Lübz in May 2019.

Economy

It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and one of the larger regional breweries.

Notable people

* Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state * Ludwig Brunow (1843 in Lutheran - 1913), sculptor. * Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), mathematician * Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the

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* (1926–2001), actor * (born 1939), mathematician * (born 1943),

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-area politician ( CDU) * Karin Strenz (1967–2021), politician (CDU)

Sport

* Gerd Wessig (born 1959), German high jumper, gold medallist at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

* Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), German javelin thrower * (born 1983), prizefighter, former boxer. Luebz fountain tower

References

Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Ludwigslust-Parchim 1456 establishments in Europe Populated places established in the 1450s {{LudwigslustParchim-geo-stub