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Lüneburg, also known as Lueneburg and Lunenburg in English, is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 45 km southeast of Hamburg. It is the capital of the district of Lüneburg. The city's metropolitan population, including that of surrounding communes like Adendorf, Bardowick and Reppenstedt, is 102,660. Geography: The Ilmenau River, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through Lüneburg. History: The ancient town is probably to be identified with Leufana or Leuphana, a town listed in Ptolemy (2.10) in the north of Germany on the west of the Elbe, but this identification is not universally accepted. Lüneburg was first mentioned in 956. In mediæval times, the town was remarkably rich due to the salt trade. There were several salterns surrounding the town. The salt was exported to the neighbouring fiefs. Along the Old Salt Route it was transported via Lauenburg to Lübeck and from there shipped to all the Baltic coasts. Lüneburg was for a long time one of the capitals of the dukes of ... Read more about Lüneburg on Wikipedia

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