Lüneburg

Lüneburg (German: [ˈlyːnəbʊʁk]; ; Latin: Luneburgum or ; ; ; Polabian: ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg (German: Hansestadt Lüneburg) and also known in English as Lunenburg (English: /ˈnənbg/ ), is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes …