Lützen

Lützen is a town with about 3600 inhabitants in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.

Understand
Two great battles were fought near the town.

The 1632 Battle of Lützen was part of the Thirty Years War. King Gustavus Adolphus led Sweden to victory against the Habsburg army, but died on the battlefield. The campaign was decisive for leading the Swedish Empire to victory.

The 1813 Battle of Lützen was part of the Napoleonic Wars.

Get in
The train line to Lützen has been suspended, so you can take the bus from nearby Leipzig or get to Lützen by car. To get there by bus from Leipzig, take a train or bus 65 to Markranstädt, Bahnhof and change there to bus 165.

Get around
The town is quite small, so it is easy to get around by foot.

Nearby

 * Central German lake district, recultivated landscape of former lignite open-cast mines turned into lakes: Kulkwitzer See is 10 km northeast, Zwenkauer See 13 km east, Raßnitzer See 15 km north of Lützen

Go next

 * Leipzig, 20 km northeast, trade city, cultural metropolis and economic "boom town" of East Germany, the obvious next step for history buffs is the Monument to the Battle of the Nations
 * Merseburg, 20 km northwest, more than thousand-year-old town with interesting old centre, Romanesque/Gothic cathedral and Renaissance palace, long-standing chemical industry site
 * Naumburg, 35 km southwest, impressive Romanesque cathedral, Friedrich Nietzsche museum and archive, centre of the Saale-Unstrut cultural landscape and wine-growing region
 * Halle, 40 km north, largest city in Saxony-Anhalt, interesting old town, birthplace of George Frideric Handel, castles on the river Saale