Uelzen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Name = Uelzen
Wappen = Wappen_uelzen2.jpg
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 57 |lat_sec = 53
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 33 |lon_sec = 57
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Uelzen
Höhe = 43
Fläche = 135.84
Einwohner = 34964
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 29525
Vorwahl = 0581
Kfz = UE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 60 025
Gliederung = 16 districts
Straße = Herzogenplatz 2
Website = [http://www.uelzen.de/ www.uelzen.de]
Bürgermeister = Otto Lukat
Partei = SPD

Uelzen (IPA2|ˈʏltsən) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Uelzen.

The Polabian name of Uelzen is "Wilcaus" (spelled "Wiltzaus" in older German reference material), possibly derived from "wilca" or "wilsa" (< Slavic *"olăša") ‘alder’.

History

Until April 17 1945 a Nazi concentration camp was established in Uelzen. The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp. [The camp is listed as No. 1491 Uelzen in the official German list.]

ee also

*List of subcamps of Neuengamme

Notes

References

*Official German list of concentration camps [http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos] de icon
*Johann Parum Schultze; Reinhold Olesch (Hrsg.): "Fontes linguae Dravaenopolabicae minores et Chronica Venedica J. P. Schultzii". (= Slavistische Forschungen; Band 7). Böhlau, Köln und Graz 1967
*Christian Hennig von Jessen: "Vocabularium Venedicum (oder Wendisches Wörter-Buch)" (1705). Nachdruck besorgt von Reinhold Olesch. - Köln [u.a.] : Böhlau 1959 (Gewährsmann des Pastors C. Hennig von Jessen war der polabisch sprechende Bauer Johann Janieschge aus Klennow)

External links

* [http://www.uelzen.de/ Official site] de icon
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.uelzen.de/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DUelzen%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D Uelzen website translated to English with google translation]