Lübz

Lübz
Coat of arms
Lübz Location of Lübz within Ludwigslust-Parchim district
Coordinates: 53°27′47″N 12°01′42″E
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Ludwigslust-Parchim
Municipal assoc.	Eldenburg Lübz
Government
• Mayor	Gudrun Stein
Area
• Total	57.58 km2 (22.23 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)
• Total	6,134
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	19386
Dialling codes	038731
Vehicle registration	PCH
Website	www.luebz.de

Fountain by sculptor Christian Genschow and defence tower

Lübz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Elde, 12 km northeast of Parchim. It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and one of the larger regional breweries.

Notable people

• Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), mathematician
• René Dettweiler (born 1983), prizefighter
• Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the Holocaust in Latvia
• Hanna Gienow (born 1943), Hamburg-area politician (CDU)
• Wolfgang Greese (1926–2001), actor
• Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state
• Manfred Knebusch (born 1939), mathematician
• Karin Strenz (born 1967), politician (CDU)
• Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper
• Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), East German javelin thrower