 Town in Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Uelzen |
| Subdivisions | 16 districts |
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(2021–26) | Jürgen Markwardt1 (SPD) |
| • Total | 136.84 km2 (52.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| • Total | 32,703 |
| • Density | 238.99/km2 (618.97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | () |
| Postal codes | 29525 |
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| Dialling codes | 0581 |
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| Vehicle registration | UE |
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| Website | www.uelzen.de |
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Uelzen (German: [ˈʏltsn̩] ; Low German: Ülz'n3), officially the Hanseatic City of Uelzen (German: Hansestadt Uelzen), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality.
Uelzen is characterised by timber-framed architecture and also has some striking examples of North German brick Gothic. The town earned pan-regional fame when Friedensreich Hundertwasser was selected to redesign the railway station: the final work of the celebrated Viennese artist and architect was ceremonially opened in 2000 as the Hundertwasser Station, Uelzen, and remains a popular tourism destination.
The Polabian name for Uelzen is Wilcaus (spelled Wiltzaus in older German reference material), possibly derived from wilca or wilsa (< Slavic *olăša) 'alder'.
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