Uelzen

Uelzen Ülz'n (Low German)
Town
Hundertwasser Station Uelzen
Coat of arms
Location of Uelzen within Uelzen district
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Coordinates: 52°57′53″N 10°33′57″E / 52.96472°N 10.56583°E / 52.96472; 10.56583
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Uelzen
Subdivisions	16 districts
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Jürgen Markwardt[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	135.84 km2 (52.45 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	33,934
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29525
Dialling codes	0581
Vehicle registration	UE
Website	www.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'.