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| Bundesland: Brandenburg | |
| Landkreis: Dahme-Spreewald |
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Lübben (Spreewald) (Lower Sorbian: Lubin (Błota) is situated at an elevation of 50 m on
the river Spree in the south of Germany's state of Brandenburg. It is the capital of the district Dahme-Spreewald. The
municipality has a population of about 14,000 (2019). Lübben is also part of the official Sorbian settlement area of
south Brandenburg and east Saxony.
The castle of Lubin in the March of Lusatia was first mentioned in an 1150 register of Nienburg Abbey. The village received town privileges according to Magdeburg law by 1220. From 1301 the town in the centre of the Spreewald floodplain was in the possession of the monks of Dobrilugk Abbey (today Doberlug-Kirchhain), who sold it to Elector Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg in 1329. After several conflicts with the margraves of Brandenburg the March of Lusatia was finally acquired by Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg in 1367 who incorporated Lübben into the Bohemian Crown. In the 15th century Lübben became the seat of the Bohemian Vogt (administrator) and the provincial diet (Landtag) of Lower Lusatia. In 1526 the House of Habsburg inherited the Bohemian kingdom including Lusatia, which in 1623 Ferdinand II of Habsburg had to give in pawn to Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony. The Saxon Electorate finally acquired Lübben by signing the 1635 Peace of Prague. After the Napoleonic Wars it again fell to the Prussian province of Brandenburg by the final act of the 1815 Congress of Vienna.
The 
Paul Gerhardt church [left, no. 3910: background right]
is the Protestant church located in Lübben's market square. It is named for Paul Gerhardt who was archdean
at this church from 1669 until 1679 and is considered one of Germany's most important composers of hymns. The church
was built in 1494–1550, probably in place of an older church. Originally it was dedicated to St. Nicolas.
The church tower is the oldest part of the building and dates from the mid-15th century. The church was renamed
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in 1930.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCbben_(Spreewald), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCbben_(Spreewald);
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche_(L%C3%BCbben)]
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