Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...

is a city in the District of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. The historical English spelling was Lunenburg. Since the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg became King of Great Britain in 1707, many places in former British colonies also carry this name.

Places

Germany

, a city in the District of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany ** Lüneburg (district), in Lower Saxony, Germany ** Principality of Lüneburg, 1269-1705 *

Lüneburg Heath Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen a ...

, a large area of heath, geest and woodland in northern Germany

Africa

* Lüneburg, Namibia, a populated place in Hardap, Namibia * Luneburg, KwaZulu-Natal, a town in South Africa

Canada

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lu ...

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (municipal district) The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, is a district municipality in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Statistics Canada classifies the district municipality as a municipal district. Lunenburg surrounds the towns of Bridgewate ...

Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia Lunenburg County is an historical county and census division on the South Shore of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Major settlements include Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay. History Named in honour of the British king who was al ...

* Lunenburg (electoral district), Nova Scotia * Lunenburg (provincial electoral district), Nova Scotia *

Lunenburg, Ontario South Stormont is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is located southeast of Ottawa. South Stormont borders on, but does not include, the city of Cornwall. Communities The town ...

, in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties *

North Lunenburg, Ontario South Stormont is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is located southeast of Ottawa. South Stormont borders on, but does not include, the city of Cornwall. Communities The town ...

United States

Lunenburg, Arkansas Lunenburg is a small unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. It lies between Guion and Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Austr ...

Lunenburg, Massachusetts Lunenburg is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,946 at the 2020 census. History Lunenburg was first settled by Europeans in 1718 and was officially incorporated in 1728. The name stems from one of t ...

, a New England town ** Lunenburg (CDP), Massachusetts, the main village in the town *

Lunenburg, Vermont Lunenburg is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,246 at the 2020 census, the most populous in Essex County. Lunenburg contains the villages of West Lunenburg, South Lunenburg, Mill Village (Northern Lunenburg) ...

, a New England town **

Lunenburg (CDP), Vermont Lunenburg is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Lunenburg, Essex County, Vermont, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southern Essex County, in the southeast p ...

, the main village in the town *

Lunenburg, Virginia Lunenburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 165 at the 2010 census. The community is also known as Lunenburg Courthouse or Lunenburg Court House. Geography ...

Lunenburg County, Virginia Lunenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,936. Its county seat is Lunenburg. History Lunenburg County was established on May 1, 1746, from Brunswick County. The county ...

Other uses

Lüneberg cheese Lüneberg is a cow's-milk cheese made in mountain valleys in Vorarlberg in western Austria.Text in this article was incorporated from the following public domain U.S. Government publication: * Doane, C.F.; Hargrove, Robert C.; Lawson, H.W.; Mat ...

, made in Austria *

Luneburg lens A Luneburg lens (original German ''Lüneburg lens'', sometimes incorrectly spelled ''Luneberg lens'') is a spherically symmetric gradient-index lens. A typical Luneburg lens's refractive index ''n'' decreases radially from the center to the outer ...

Rudolf Luneburg Rudolf Karl Lüneburg (30 March 1903, Volkersheim ( Bockenem) - 19 August 1949, Great Falls, Montana), after his emigration at first Lueneburg, later Luneburg, falsified ''Luneberg'') was a professor of mathematics and optics at the Dartmouth Colle ...

(1903-1949), professor of mathematics and optics *

Kristen Luneberg The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group since 1992. In 2005, Miss North Carolina USA Chelsea ...