Lübben (Spreewald)
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Lübben (Lower Sorbian: Lubin (Błota)) is a town of 14,800 people, capital of the Dahme-Spreewald
district in the Lower Lusatia
region of Brandenburg
, Germany
.
and had received town privileges
according to Magdeburg law
by 1220. From 1301 the town in the centre of the Spreewald
floodplain was in the possession of the monks of Dobrilugk Abbey
, who sold it to Duke Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg
in 1329. After several conflicts with the Wittelsbach margraves of Brandenburg
the March of Lustia was finally acquired by Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg
in 1367 who incorporated Lübben into the Kingdom of Bohemia
. In the 15th century Lübben became the seat of the Bohemian Vogt
aministrator and the provincial diet (Landtag
) of Lower Lusatia
.
In 1526 the House of Habsburg inherited the Bohemian kingdom including Lusatia, which in 1623 Ferdinand II of Habsburg
had to give in pawn to Elector John George I of Saxony
. The Saxon Electorate
finally acquired Lübben by signing the 1635 Peace of Prague
. After the Napoleonic Wars
it again fell to the Prussian
province of Brandenburg
by the final act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna
.
Lübben is twinned with Wolsztyn
in Poland
and Neunkirchen, Saarland
in Germany.
Dahme-Spreewald
Dahme-Spreewald is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of Berlin.- History :...
district in the Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia is a historical region stretching from the southeast of the Brandenburg state of Germany to the southwest of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Important towns beside the historic capital Lübben include Calau, Cottbus, Guben , Luckau, Spremberg, Finsterwalde, Senftenberg and Żary...
region of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Administrative structure
Districts of the town are:- Lübben Stadt (Lower Sorbian: Lubin město)
- Hartmannsdorf (Hartmanojce)
- Lubolz (Lubolc)
- Groß Lubolz (Wjelike Lubolce)
- Klein Lubolz (Małe Lubolce)
- Neuendorf (Nowa Wjas)
- Radensdorf (Radom; Radowašojce)
- Steinkirchen (Kamjena)
- Treppendorf (Ranchow)
History
The castle of Lubin in the March of Lusatia was first mentioned in a 1150 register of Nienburg AbbeyNienburg Abbey
Nienburg Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Nienburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.- Abbey :Nienburg was for centuries on the extreme eastern edge of the settled territory of Germany...
and had received town privileges
German town law
German town law or German municipal concerns concerns town privileges used by many cities, towns, and villages throughout Central and Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages.- Town law in Germany :...
according to Magdeburg law
Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg Rights or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted by a local ruler. Modelled and named after the laws of the German city of Magdeburg and developed during many centuries of the Holy Roman Empire, it was...
by 1220. From 1301 the town in the centre of the Spreewald
Spreewald
The Spreewald is situated about 100 km south-east of Berlin. It was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1991. It is known for its traditional irrigation system which consists of more than 200 small channels within the area. The landscape was shaped during the ice-age...
floodplain was in the possession of the monks of Dobrilugk Abbey
Dobrilugk Abbey
Dobrilugk Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Lower Lusatia in the territory of the present town of Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg, Germany.-History:...
, who sold it to Duke Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg
Saxe-Wittenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged after the dissolution of the stem duchy of Saxony. As the precursor of the Saxon Electorate, the Ascanian Wittenberg dukes prevailed in obtaining the Saxon electoral dignity.-Ascanian...
in 1329. After several conflicts with the Wittelsbach margraves of Brandenburg
Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. Also known as the March of Brandenburg , it played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe....
the March of Lustia was finally acquired by Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....
in 1367 who incorporated Lübben into the Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia was a country located in the region of Bohemia in Central Europe, most of whose territory is currently located in the modern-day Czech Republic. The King was Elector of Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, whereupon it became part of the Austrian Empire, and...
. In the 15th century Lübben became the seat of the Bohemian Vogt
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
aministrator and the provincial diet (Landtag
Landtag
A Landtag is a representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries with some legislative authority.- Name :...
) of Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia is a historical region stretching from the southeast of the Brandenburg state of Germany to the southwest of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Important towns beside the historic capital Lübben include Calau, Cottbus, Guben , Luckau, Spremberg, Finsterwalde, Senftenberg and Żary...
.
In 1526 the House of Habsburg inherited the Bohemian kingdom including Lusatia, which in 1623 Ferdinand II of Habsburg
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II , a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia , and King of Hungary . His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War.- Life :...
had to give in pawn to Elector John George I of Saxony
John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.-Biography:Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg....
. The Saxon Electorate
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...
finally acquired Lübben by signing the 1635 Peace of Prague
Peace of Prague (1635)
The Peace of Prague of 30 May 1635 was a treaty between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony representing most of the Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire...
. After the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
it again fell to the Prussian
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
province of Brandenburg
Province of Brandenburg
The Province of Brandenburg was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946.-History:The first people who are known to have inhabited Brandenburg were the Suevi. They were succeeded by the Slavonians, whom Henry II conquered and converted to Christianity in...
by the final act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
.
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2008 elections:- Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
: 7 - Social Democratic Party of GermanySocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
: 5 - The LeftThe Left (Germany)The Left , also commonly referred to as the Left Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The Left is the most left-wing party of the five represented in the Bundestag....
: 5 - PRO Lübben (Independent): 4
- Free Democratic PartyFree Democratic Party (Germany)The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...
: 1
Lübben is twinned with Wolsztyn
Wolsztyn
Wolsztyn is a town in western Poland, on the western edge of Greater Poland Voivodeship...
in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and Neunkirchen, Saarland
Neunkirchen, Saarland
Neunkirchen is a town and a municipality in Saarland, Germany. It is the largest town in, and the seat of the district of Neunkirchen. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 20 km northeast of Saarbrücken. With about 50,000 inhabitants, Neunkirchen is Saarland's 2nd largest city...
in Germany.
Places of interest
- SpreewaldSpreewaldThe Spreewald is situated about 100 km south-east of Berlin. It was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1991. It is known for its traditional irrigation system which consists of more than 200 small channels within the area. The landscape was shaped during the ice-age...
biosphere reserve - Lübben Castle, on medieval foundations, rebuilt in the 17th century under the rule of Duke Christian I of Saxe-MerseburgChristian I, Duke of Saxe-MerseburgChristian I of Saxe-Merseburg , was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin....
- Neuhaus Manor in Steinkirchen, built in 1801, former residence of author Christoph Ernst von HouwaldChristoph Ernst von HouwaldChristoph Ernst, Freiherr von Houwald was a German dramatist and author.-Life:Houwald was born at Straupitz in Lower Lusatia, a son of the president of the district court of justice. He studied law at the university of Halle, and on completion of his academic studies returned home, married, and...
from 1822 on - RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
St Pancras fieldstone churchFieldstone churchThe term fieldstone church denotes a type of church, built using fieldstone of glacial erratics and glacial rubble. Such churches occur mostly in areas where the ice ages have deposited such rock material on the one hand, and where on the other hand there is little or no access to natural rock for...
in Steinkirchen built in the early 13th century, one of the oldest preserved churches in Lower Lusatia - Paul Gerhardt Church from the 16th century, where Paul GerhardtPaul GerhardtPaul Gerhardt was a German hymn writer.-Biography:Gerhardt was born into a middle-class family at Gräfenhainichen, a small town between Halle and Wittenberg. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Fürstenschule in Grimma. The school was known for its pious atmosphere and stern discipline...
preached from 1669 on - Roman Catholic Trinity Church, built in 1862
Born in Lübben
- Karin Büttner-JanzKarin Büttner-JanzKarin Büttner-Janz Karin Büttner-Janz Karin Büttner-Janz (born 17 February 1952 in Hartmannsdorf a district of Lübben (Spreewald), German Democratic Republic (GDR, commonly:East Germany) is a medical doctor, Olympic medal winner in artistic gymnastics and, since March 1990, chief physician of...
(* 1952 in Hartmannsdorf), German Olympic medal winner in artistic gymnastics and habilitated doctor - Henry Eugene Fritz (1875–1956), American painter
- Siegbert HornSiegbert HornSiegbert Horn is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won the gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
(* 1950 in Hartmannsdorf), German slalom canoer, Olympic champion - Louis Klopsch (1852–1910), American author and editor of The Christian Herald
- Sylvio Kroll (* 1965), German Olympic medal winner in artistic gymnastics
- Kornelia KunischKornelia KunischKornelia Kunisch is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored eight goals....
(* 1959), German handball player, 1980 olympic bronze medal with the East German team - Otto von ManteuffelOtto von ManteuffelOtto Theodor von Manteuffel , was a conservative Prussian statesman. Manteuffel was born in Lübben , into an aristocratic family....
(1805–1882), German politician, Minister-President of Prussia - Rudolf MarlothRudolf MarlothHermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth 28 December 1855 Lübben, Germany - 15 May 1931 Caledon, Cape Province was a German-born South African botanist, pharmacist and analytical chemist, best known for his Flora of South Africa which appeared in six superbly illustrated volumes between 1913 and 1932...
(1855–1931), South African botanist, pharmacist and analytical chemist - Ingo SpellyIngo SpellyIngo Spelly is an East German-German sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s...
(* 1966), East German-German sprint canoer, Olympic champion - We Butter The Bread With ButterWe Butter the Bread with ButterWe Butter the Bread with Butter is a German band from Lübben. Founded in 2007 by Marcel Neumann. Their debut album Das Monster aus dem Schrank was released on November 21, 2008 through Redfield Records. Their second album, Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging was released May 14, 2010...
, German deathcore band - Richard Constantin Noschke (1867–1945),diary of his WW1 Alexandra Palace internment sufferings in Imperial War Museum,London.
Related to Lübben
- Paul GerhardtPaul GerhardtPaul Gerhardt was a German hymn writer.-Biography:Gerhardt was born into a middle-class family at Gräfenhainichen, a small town between Halle and Wittenberg. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Fürstenschule in Grimma. The school was known for its pious atmosphere and stern discipline...
(1607–1676), German hymn writer, 1668 till his death archdeacon of Lübben - Christoph Ernst von HouwaldChristoph Ernst von HouwaldChristoph Ernst, Freiherr von Houwald was a German dramatist and author.-Life:Houwald was born at Straupitz in Lower Lusatia, a son of the president of the district court of justice. He studied law at the university of Halle, and on completion of his academic studies returned home, married, and...
(1778–1845), German dramatist and author - Daniel ZiebigDaniel ZiebigDaniel Ziebig is a German footballer who plays as a left-winger, currently for Energie Cottbus. Ziebig began his career with Dynamo Dresden, making his debut in 2001, when the club was languishing in the Oberliga . He quickly became a key player, as the club managed two promotions in three years,...
(* 1983), German footballer, lives in Lübben
External links
- Lübben (Spreewald) - official website
- old postcards of Lübben