Lenzen

Lenzen
Lenzen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Prignitz
Municipal assoc. Lenzen-Elbtalaue
Town subdivisions 9 Ortsteile
Mayor Christian Steinkopf (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 95.75 km2 (36.97 sq mi)
Elevation 19 m  (62 ft)
Population 2,363 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 25 /km2 (64 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate PR
Postal code 19309
Area code 038792
Website www.lenzenelbe.de

Lenzen is a small town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is part of the Amt Lenzen-Elbtalaue.

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Overview

Lenzen is situated near the Elbe, approx. 20 km northwest of Wittenberge. It was the scene of an early victory by the Germans over the Wends in 929. Frederick Count of Zollern confiscated it from the von Quitzow family in 1420 for their part in the uprising of the Wendish nobility, and mortgaged it to Otto von Blumenthal. He redeemed the mortgage and restored the von Quitzows in 1422.

Another Lenzen is an Old Prussian site in (former) East-Prussia near the Baltic Sea.

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Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lenzen_(Elbe) Lenzen] at Wikimedia Commons