Lenzen (Elbe) is a small town in the district of
Prignitz
Prignitz () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in northwestern Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. Neighboring districts, clockwise from the north, are Ludwigslust-Parchim (in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Ostprignitz-Ruppin (Brandenburg), Stendal (dist ...
, in
Brandenburg
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, northern
Germany
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. The town lies to the north of the
Löcknitz River, not far from where the Löcknitz flows into the
Elbe
The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...
. It is part of the ''
Amt''
Lenzen-Elbtalaue.
Overview
Lenzen is situated near the
Elbe
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, approx. 20 km northwest of
Wittenberge
Wittenberge (; ) is a town of eighteen thousand people on the middle Elbe in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany.
Geography
Wittenberge is situated at the right (north-eastern) bank of the middle Elbe at its confluence with the Step ...
. It was the scene of the
Battle of Lenzen, an early victory by the Germans over the
Wends
Wends is a historical name for Slavs who inhabited present-day northeast Germany. It refers not to a homogeneous people, but to various people, tribes or groups depending on where and when it was used. In the modern day, communities identifying ...
in 929.
Frederick, Count of Zollern, confiscated it from the
von Quitzow family in 1420 for their part in the uprising of the Wendish nobility, and mortgaged it to Otto
von Blumenthal
The Blumenthal family is a Lutheran and Roman Catholic German noble family, originally from Brandenburg-Prussia. Other (unrelated) families of this name exist in Switzerland and formerly in Russia, and many unrelated families (quite a few of them ...
. He redeemed the mortgage and restored the von Quitzows in 1422.
Another Lenzen is an
Old Prussian
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site in (former)
East-Prussia near the
Baltic Sea
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.
Demography
Photogallery
File:Lenzen on a 1922 Notgeld bill.jpg, Historic view of Lenzen on a Notgeld
(German language, German for 'emergency money' or 'necessity money') is money issued by an institution in a time of economic or political crisis. The issuing institution is usually one without official sanction from the central government. This ...
bill from 1922 issues in Lenzen
http://www.germannotes.com
File:Lenzen town hall.jpg, Town hall
File:Lenzen_castle_2014.jpg, Castle
File:Lenzen_Narrenfreiheit.jpg, "Jester's licence"
File:Breetz - Kastanienallee (2025).jpg, Breetz
See also
*
Nausdorf Canal
*
Battle of Lenzen (929 AD)
References
External links
Localities in Prignitz
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