Lützen

Lützen
Lützen
Location of the town of Lützen within Burgenlandkreis district
Coordinates	51°15′N 12°8′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Burgenlandkreis
Mayor	Maik Reichel (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	108.28 km2 (41.81 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m  (722 ft)
Population	9,250 (31 December 2010)
- Density	85 /km2 (221 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WSF
Postal codes	06679, 06686
Area codes	034441, 034444
Website	www.luetzen-info.de

 Lützen is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 14 km northeast of Weißenfels, and 18 km southwest of Leipzig.

The town was the scene of two famous battles:

• The Battle of Lützen (1632) in the Thirty Years' War, in which Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeated Albrecht von Wallenstein. However, Gustavus Adolphus himself died on the battlefield, resulting in the battle being a Pyrrhic victory for Sweden. There is a statue in Lützen in his memory. Also, there is a stone, called Schwedenstein(Swedenstone), covered by a gothic-style monument on the spot on the battlefield where he died. Close to this there is a memorial church in his honour.
• The Battle of Lützen (1813) in the Napoleonic Wars, in which Napoleon defeated combined Russian and Prussian forces in nearby Großgörschen.

External links

• Official Website (German)
• Details about Lützen (German)