- Lützen
Infobox German Location
image_photo =
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen_Luetzen.png
lat_deg = 51 | lat_min = 15 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 12 | lon_min = 8 | lon_sec = 0
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Burgenlandkreis
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Lützen-Wiesengrund
Höhe = 220
Fläche = 17.27
Einwohner = 3629
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 06686
Vorwahl = 034444
Kfz = WSF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 84 315
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.luetzen-info.de/ www.luetzen-info.de]
Bürgermeister = Maik Reichel
Partei = SPDLützen is a town in the
Burgenlandkreis district, inSaxony-Anhalt ,Germany . It is situated approx. 14 km northeast ofWeißenfels , and 18 km southwest ofLeipzig . It is part of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft " ("collective municipality")Lützen-Wiesengrund .The town was the scene of two famous battles:
*TheBattle of Lützen (1632) in theThirty Years' War , in whichGustavus Adolphus ofSweden defeatedAlbrecht von Wallenstein .
*TheBattle of Lützen (1813) in theNapoleonic Wars , in whichNapoleon defeated combined Russian and Prussian forces in nearby Großgörschen.External links
* [http://www.luetzen-info.de/ Official Website] de icon
* [http://www.jale-online.de/ Details about "Lützen"] de icon
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