Uelzen
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Uelzen |
| Town subdivisions | 16 districts |
| Mayor | Otto Lukat (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 135.84 km2 (52.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population | 34,964 (30 June 2006) |
| - Density | 257 /km2 (667 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | UE |
| Postal code | 29525 |
| Area code | 0581 |
| Website | www.uelzen.de
Coordinates: 52°57′53″N 10°33′57″E / 52.96472°N 10.56583°E |
Uelzen (German pronunciation: [ˈʏltsən]) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Uelzen.
The Polabian name of Uelzen is Wilcaus (spelled Wiltzaus in older German reference material), possibly derived from wilca or wilsa (< Slavic *olăša) ‘alder’.
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[edit] History
Until April 17, 1945 a Nazi concentration camp was established in Uelzen. The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp. [1]
[edit] Train Station
The Hundertwasserbahnhof is a train station in Uelzen at the eastern edge of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park in northeastern Lower Saxony.
The original station was renovated for Expo 2000 following plans by the Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. As an "environmentally culturally oriented" station, the Uelzen station was renamed the Hundertwasser-Bahnhof Uelzen (Hundertwasser Train Station, Uelzen). Today it is one of the city's popular tourist attractions.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ The camp is listed as No. 1491 Uelzen in the official German list.
[edit] References
- Official German list of concentration camps Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos (German)
- Johann Parum Schultze; Reinhold Olesch (Hrsg.): Fontes linguae Dravaenopolabicae minores et Chronica Venedica J. P. Schultzii. (= Slavistische Forschungen; Band 7). Böhlau, Köln und Graz 1967
- Christian Hennig von Jessen: Vocabularium Venedicum (oder Wendisches Wörter-Buch) (1705). Nachdruck besorgt von Reinhold Olesch. - Köln [u.a.]: Böhlau 1959 (Gewährsmann des Pastors C. Hennig von Jessen war der polabisch sprechende Bauer Johann Janieschge aus Klennow)
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