Lübz

Lübz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Elde, 12 km northeast of Parchim.

History
The first mention of Lubicz comes from 1224. The name is of Lechitic origin. It was granted town rights after 1456.

During World War II, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town.

The former municipality Gischow was merged into Lübz in May 2019.

Economy
It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and one of the larger regional breweries.

Notable people

 * Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763), Danish minister of state
 * Ludwig Brunow (1843 in Lutheran - 1913), sculptor.
 * Wilhelm Ahrens (1872–1927), mathematician
 * Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Nazi politician who instigated the Holocaust in Latvia
 * Wolfgang Greese (1926–2001), actor
 * Manfred Knebusch (born 1939), mathematician
 * Hanna Gienow (born 1943), Hamburg-area politician (CDU)
 * Karin Strenz (1967–2021), politician (CDU)

Sport

 * Gerd Wessig (born 1959), German high jumper, gold medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics
 * Gerald Weiß (1960–2018), German javelin thrower
 * René Dettweiler (born 1983), prizefighter, former boxer.