Lützen

Lützen
Town hall Town hall
Coat of arms of Lützen Coat of arms
Lützen
Location of Lützen within Burgenlandkreis district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Burgenlandkreis
Government
• Mayor	Maik Reichel (SPD)
Area
• Total	108.28 km2 (41.81 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	8,720
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	06679, 06686
Dialling codes	034441, 034444
Vehicle registration	WSF
Website	www.luetzen-info.de

is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 14 km northeast of Weißenfels, and 18 km southwest of Leipzig.

The town was the scene of two famous battles:

• The Battle of Lützen (1632) in the Thirty Years' War, in which Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeated Albrecht von Wallenstein. However, Gustavus Adolphus himself died on the battlefield, resulting in the battle being a Pyrrhic victory for Sweden. There is a statue in Lützen in his memory. Also, there is a stone, called Schwedenstein (Swedenstone), covered by a gothic-style monument on the spot on the battlefield where he died. Close to this there is a memorial church in his honour.
• The Battle of Lützen (1813) in the Napoleonic Wars, in which Napoleon defeated combined Russian and Prussian forces in nearby Großgörschen.

External links

• Official Website (German)