Lauenburg

From German Lauenburg, which see for details.

Lauenburg

1. A city in Schleswig-Holstein which served as a waypoint on the Old Salt Route and is the southern terminus of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; its surrounding lands.
   • 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

2. A district in Schleswig-Holstein; in full, the District of Duchy of Lauenburg.
3. A city in Pomerania: Former name of Lębork.

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Equivalent to Löwe (“lion”) +‎ Burg (“castle”). However, in the case of both towns the first element is a Germanisation of a Slavic element:

• (Schleswig-Holstein): From Middle Low German Lowenborch. First element from Polabian Lave (“the River Elbe”).
• (Pomerania): From Middle Low German Lewenborch, Middle High German Lewinburg. First element from the river Łeba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ̯ənˌbʊʁk/, (northern also) /-ˌbʊʁç/

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Lauenburg n (proper noun, genitive Lauenburgs or (optionally with an article) Lauenburg)

1. Lauenburg (a town in Schleswig-Holstein; official name: Lauenburg/Elbe)
2. Lębork (a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland; official name: Lauenburg in Pommern)

die Lauenburg f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Lauenburg)

1. Name of several castles in Germany.