Lübtheen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in the

Ludwigslust-Parchim Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bordered by (clockwise starting from the west) the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the districts ...

district, in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), 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 pop ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. It is situated 28 km west of

Ludwigslust Ludwigslust () is a central castle town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. Since 2011 it has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. Ludwigslust is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The former royal re ...

, and 37 km southwest of

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. ...

. It is part of the

Hamburg Metropolitan Region The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan area centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (''Landkreise'') in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (''K ...

Populated places

The city of Lübtheen (formerly an

amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

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

Notable people

Friedrich Chrysander Karl Franz Friedrich Chrysander (8 July 1826 – 3 September 1901) was a German music historian, critic and publisher, whose edition of the works of George Frideric Handel and authoritative writings on many other composers established him as a pi ...

(1826–1901), music historian, critic and publisher

References

Cities and towns in Mecklenburg Ludwigslust-Parchim Populated places established in 1938 {{LudwigslustParchim-geo-stub