Boizenburg

Boizenburg is a municipality within the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the proper bank of the Elbe, 53 km west of Ludwigslust, 25 km northeast of Lüneburg and 50 km east of Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Boizenburg's historic vintage town stretches along the Elbe, has a harbour and gives historical past baroque timberframe and brick homes. As in keeping with the dictates of the Yalta Conference, Boizenburg became placed only a few kilometers at the back of the fringe of the Iron Curtain, in any other case referred to as the 'Inner German Border'.

The German name Boyceneburg became first documented in 1158. The written form changed to Boiceneburg after which Boizeneburg. The old Low German name for the metropolis and river in all likelihood stems from the Slavic boj for struggle. Boizenburg suffered in the course of the Thirty Years' War and its vintage fortress became burnt down by Swedish troops in 1628. In 1709 the church and one hundred sixty or greater medieval dwellings were incinerated via a fireplace. The Town Hall became rebuilt in 1712 and the format of the town become redesigned with the aid of Prussian architects sent from Schwerin.