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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Harburg

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
109.6 km²

Postal code
  
21423

Dialling code
  
04171

State
  
Lower Saxony

Elevation
  
5 m (16 ft)

Postal codes
  
21423

Population
  
33,830 (31 Dec 2008)

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:00 PM

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Weather
  
15°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 49% Humidity

Winsen (Luhe) is the capital of the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Luhe, near its confluence with the Elbe, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg.

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Map of 21423 Winsen, Germany

Twin towns — Sister cities

Winsen is twinned with:

  • Fukui, Fukui, Japan
  • Pont-de-Claix, France
  • Pritzwalk, Germany
  • Drezdenko, Poland

    • Notable people

  • Johann Peter Eckermann (1792–1854), poet and friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (1833–1870), professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in Göttingen
  • Rudolf Sievers (1841–1921), businessman, Senator and member of the Reichstag (NLP)
  • Eduard Schlöbcke (1852–1936), building officer,
  • Agnes Stavenhagen, born Denninghoff (1860–1945), soprano and chamber singer
  • Ernst Preczang (1870–1949), author and co-founder of books Gutenberg
  • Franz Evers (1871–1947), author and editor of the monthly magazine "Litterarische leaves"
  • Willem Fricke (1928–2009), actor
  • Erich Brüggemann (born 1928 in Winsen), freelance artist, known for marquetry, sculpture, painting, drawing, carpentry
  • Jürgen Peter Ravens (1932–2012), journalist, newspaper publisher and author
  • Hans-Peter Voigt (1936–2014), politician (CDU) and member of the German Bundestag
  • Björn-Hergenstadt Schimpf (born 1943), radio and television presenter
  • Monika Wörmer-Zimmermann (born 1944), politician (SPD) and Member of Parliament
  • Marlene Charell (born 1944), dancer, singer and presenter
  • Hans-Henning Lühr (born 1950), diploma administration-host, politician (SPD), a lawyer and State Council in Bremen
  • André Wiese (born 1975), politician (CDU), former Member of Parliament, Mayor of Winsen since 2011
  • Sanny van Heteren (born 1977), actress and director
  • Birte Gutzki-Heitmann (born 1977), furniture carpenter, politician (SPD), a member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Esther Möller (born 1977), athlete
  • Benjamin Maack (born 1978), journalist and author

    • References

    Winsen (Luhe) Wikipedia
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