Uelzen

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Uelzen
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Uelzen (Germany)
Uelzen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Uelzen
Town subdivisions 16 districts
Mayor Otto Lukat (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 135.84 km² (52.4 sq mi)
Elevation 43 m  (141 ft)
Population 34,964  (30/06/2006)
 - Density 257 /km² (667 /sq mi)
Other information
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, 10.56583

Uelzen (IPA: [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]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 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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