Uelzen

Uelzen
Ülz'n (Low German)
Hundertwasser Station Uelzen
Coat of arms of Uelzen
Location of Uelzen within Uelzen district
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Uelzen is located in Germany
Uelzen
Uelzen
Uelzen is located in Lower Saxony
Uelzen
Uelzen
Coordinates: 52°57′53″N 10°33′57″E / 52.96472°N 10.56583°E / 52.96472; 10.56583
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictUelzen
Subdivisions16 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Jürgen Markwardt[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total135.84 km2 (52.45 sq mi)
Elevation
43 m (141 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total33,934
 • Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29525
Dialling codes0581
Vehicle registrationUE
Websitewww.uelzen.de

Uelzen (German: [ˈʏltsn̩] ; Low German: Ülz'n[3]), officially the Hanseatic Town 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'.

  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ Eduard Kück: Lüneburger Wörterbuch. Wortschatz der Lüneburger Heide und ihrer Randgebiete, seit 1900 zusammen mit vielen Mitarbeitern gesammelt und sprachwissenschaftlich sowie volkskundlich erläutert von Professor Dr. Eduard Kück. Dritter Band: S–Z. Neumünster: Karl Wachholtz 1967