Luetjenburg is a town of the district of Ploen, Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

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Germany

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. It is located approx. 18 km (11.2 mi) northeast of Ploen, and 30 km (18.6 mi) east of Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

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History

Luetjenburg was founded in the 12th century by Lord Holstein as a result of the conquest of the old territories of the Slavic peoples

Slavic peoples

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Politics

Since the local election in 2008, the CDU has ten and the SPD nine seats in the 19-seats city council of Luetjenburg.

The member of the Bundestag for the electoral district of Ploen-Neumuenster is Philipp Murmann (CDU), who got 38.6 percent of all votes in 2009 and the member of the Landtag, in Kiel, is Werner Kalinka (CDU), who got 35.7 percent.

Economy

Due to the closeness to the Ostseebad Hohwacht many tourists visit Luetjenburg as well, to do some shopping or to visit the landmark of Luetjenburg, the "Bismarck Tower".

The 6th. antiaircraft regiment of the Bundeswehr

Bundeswehr

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 is located in Luetjenburg, too. The Bundeswehr is the biggest employer in this region.

Education

Luetjenburg has an elementary school and, by now, still all other, continuative schools, the "Hauptschule" (a kind of Junior High School for non-intellectually gifted students), "Realschule" (Junior High School), "Gymnasium" (Senior High School). They are united in the "Schulzentrum Lütjenburg", a center of all these three continuative schools. But they are just united regarding the location. A special school (for slow learners) "Otto-Mensing-Schule" is also located in Luetjenburg.

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