Village

Lüneburg

Located in Landkreis Lüneburg, Lower Saxony Coordinates: 53°13′58″ N 10°24′28″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 74,785; 74.8K
Elevation: 23 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 34; listed under Lüneburg
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport52 km; LBC Lübeck Blankensee Airport67 km

About Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a village. Location: Landkreis Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. Population: 74,785. Elevation: 23 m.

From Wikipedia

Lüneburg, officially the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg and also known in English as Lunenburg, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about 50 km (31 mi) southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 70.5 km²
Official website: hansestadtlueneburg.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Lüneburg

Wendisch Evern
Barendorf
Scharnebeck
Adendorf
Bardowick
Reppenstedt
Kirchgellersen
Embsen
Melbeck
Deutsch Evern
Uelzen

Twin towns and sister cities of Lüneburg

Scunthorpe· United Kingdom
Naruto· Japan
Iisalmi· Finland
Viborg· Denmark
Tartu linn· Estonia

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Lüneburg over time

Population of Lüneburg over time
2008		72,492
2013		71,668
2016		74,494
2017		75,192
2019		75,351
2021		75,599
2022		76,837
2023		77,511
2024		74,785
2025		74,502

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Lüneburg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 56 mm

Hottest month: July (day 23°)
Coldest month: January (night -2°)
Wettest month: June (66 mm)
Driest month: February (38 mm)

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12° 3°

18° 7°

21° 11°

23° 13°

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18° 9°

13° 6°

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table

Climate of Lüneburg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	8°	12°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	8°	5°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	3°	7°	11°	13°	12°	9°	6°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	52	38	48	44	52	66	66	57	55	48	56	58

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Lüneburg

The nearest airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM), 52 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lübeck, 73 km to the north.

Airports

Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 52 kmnorthwest
Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC) Lübeck 67 kmnorth
Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 99 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Lübeck Population: 212.2K 73 kmnorth
Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 93 kmsouth
Hanover Population: 515.1K 106 kmsouthwest
Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 108 kmsouth
Bremen Population: 546.5K 108 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Lüneburg

Within 100 km: 393 historic and cultural sites, 3,052 natural sites, 1,060 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km388 places

Reihersee Lake 13 kmN
Order See Lake 17 kmN
Staubecken Lake 21 kmN
Lanzer See Lake 24 kmNE

25–60 km1,629 places

Viertbusch Natural site 32 kmN
Kleiner Werder Island 58 kmNE
Großer Werder Island 57 kmNE
Bismarckinsel Island 45 kmNE

60–100 km2,488 places

Ziegelwerder Island 83 kmNE
Sundern Natural site 66 kmSW
Warnau River 65 kmSW
Wiehe River 74 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Places in Lüneburg

34 places

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages16

Bockelsberg · Village
Ebensberg · Village
Grimm · Village
Hagen · Neighbourhood
Hasenburg · Village
Kaltenmoor · Village
Kreideberg · Neighbourhood
Landwehr · Village
Lüne · Neighbourhood
Mittelfeld · Neighbourhood
Neu Hagen · Neighbourhood
Neu Lindenau · Village
Ochtmissen · Neighbourhood
Oedeme · Neighbourhood
Rettmer · Village
Rotes Feld · Neighbourhood

Mountains & nature7

Lüner Holz · Natural site
Risterberg · Mountain
Schwarze Heide · Natural site
Schwarzer Berg · Mountain
Steinhöhe · Mountain
Zeltberg · Mountain
Zuschlag · Natural site

Heritage & sights9

Fernmeldeturm Lüneburg · Landmark
Lichtenburg Concentration Camp · Historic site
Lüneburg Benediktinerinnenkloster Lüne · Attraction
Lüneburg Concentration Camp (Kaland) · Historic site
Lüneburg, ehemals Prämonstratenserkloster Heiligenthal · Attraction
Lüneburg Museum · Museum
Lüneburg, St. Johannis Kirche · Attraction
Lüneburg, St. Michael Kirche · Attraction
Lüneburg, St. Nicolai Kirche · Attraction

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Tiergarten Natural site, Lower Saxony
2.1 km SE
Hasenburger Bach River, Lower Saxony
2.4 km S
Timeloberg Mountain, Wendisch Evern
4.9 km SE
Neue Forst Natural site, Lower Saxony
4.1 km NE
Osterberg Mountain, Kirchgellersen
5.6 km W
Raderbach River, Lower Saxony
4.2 km N