Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein
Mölln | |
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Location of Mölln within Lauenburg district  | |
Lauenburg | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ingo Schäper (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.05 km2 (9.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,469 |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 23879 |
| Dialling codes | 04542 |
| Vehicle registration | RZ |
| Website | www.moelln.de |
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Mölln (German pronunciation: Herzogtum Lauenburg.
History
The town was founded in the 12th century. It rapidly became an important town, due to the
Elbe-Lübeck Canal. Although situated in the midst of the medieval duchy of Lauenburg, the town was mortgaged to the Hanseatic town of Lübeck
, which ruled Mölln from 1359 to 1683. Back from this time dates the Möllner Schützengilde von 1407 e.V. which was founded over 600 years ago and still exists today with almost 300 members.
Mölln calls itself the Eulenspiegel town, because of
Braunschweig (Brunswick), but his last year of life he allegedly resided in Mölln. He died from the plague
in 1350. Although his existence is not proven, there are several monuments to him in Mölln.
In 1992, right-wing extremists set fire to Turkish-inhabited houses, killing three girls.[2]
Twin cities
- Hagenow, Germany, since October 2, 1990
- Maszewo (gmina, West Pomeranian), Poland, since June 29, 1992.
Notable people
- Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788), composer and noted keyboard virtuoso.
- Karl Gatermann the Elder (1883–1959), painter and graphic artist
- Willi Padge (1943–2023), coxswain, and team gold medallist in rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Thomas Ahrens (born 1948), coxswain, and team silver medallist in rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Axel Meyer (born 1960), evolutionary biologist and professor of zoology at the University of Konstanz
References
- Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
- ^ Arson Attack in Mölln (November 28, 1992) German History Institute, n.d. retrieved 4 December 2017
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