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Winsen (Luhe)
Encyclopedia
Winsen is the capital of the district of Harburg
, in Lower Saxony
, Germany
. It is situated on the small river Luhe
, near its confluence with the Elbe
, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg
, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg
.
Harburg
Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg...
, in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated on the small river Luhe
Luhe
-China:*Luhe County , of Shanwei, Guangdong*Luhe District , Nanjing, Jiangsu*Luhe, Qinggang County , Heilongjiang*Luhe Township, Xihe County , Gansu-Germany:*Luhe , river that runs through the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany...
, near its confluence with the Elbe
Elbe
The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg...
, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
.