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Uelzen

Located in Landkreis Uelzen, Lower Saxony Coordinates: 52°58′03″ N 10°33′42″ E

Uelzen
Frank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
32,821
32.8K
Elevation
40 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
45
listed under Uelzen
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HAJ Hannover Airport82 km
HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport83 km

About Uelzen

Uelzen is a village. Location: Landkreis Uelzen, Lower Saxony. Population: 32,821. Elevation: 40 m.

From Wikipedia

Uelzen (German: [ˈʏltsn̩] ; Low German: Ülz'n), officially the Hanseatic City of Uelzen (German: Hansestadt Uelzen), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality. Uelzen is characterised by timber-framed architecture and also has some striking examples of North German brick Gothic.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
137 km²
Official website
hansestadt-uelzen.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Uelzen

  • Lüneburg

Population of Uelzen over time

Population of Uelzen over time
2015 33,782
2016 33,633
2017 33,673
2019 33,614
2021 33,629
2022 33,934
2023 33,991
2024 32,821
2025 32,703

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Uelzen

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 58 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
June (69 mm)
Driest month
February (43 mm)

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 Uelzen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°8°13°19°21°23°23°18°13°7°5°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°0°3°7°10°12°12°9°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)604352485269676653475865

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Uelzen

The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 82 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Wolfsburg, 62 km to the south.

Airports

  • Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 82 kmsouthwest
  • Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 83 kmnorthwest
  • Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC) Lübeck 94 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 62 kmsouth
  • Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 78 kmsouth
  • Hanover Population: 515.1K 87 kmsouthwest
  • Salzgitter Population: 105K 91 kmsouth
  • Lübeck Population: 212.2K 101 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Uelzen

Within 100 km: 432 historic and cultural sites, 3,061 natural sites, 867 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km355 places

  • Hardausee Lake 14 kmSW
  • Jastorfer See Lake 8 kmN
  • Oldenstädter See Lake 2 kmNE
  • Parksee Lake 17 kmSE

25–60 km1,309 places

  • Sundern Natural site 60 kmW
  • Wiehe River 47 kmS
  • Zeetzer See Lake 41 kmNE
  • Wilckensee Lake 60 kmE

60–100 km2,696 places

  • Ziegelwerder Island 95 kmNE
  • Viertbusch Natural site 63 kmN
  • Warnau River 64 kmW
  • Leine River 71 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Uelzen

45 places
  1. 1 Uelzen 35K

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

Cities & villages27

Mountains & nature9

Lakes, rivers & coasts1

Heritage & sights7

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources