English

Proper noun

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 city in Pomerania: Former name of Lębork.

Translations

German

Etymology 1

The town was founded in 1182 by Bernard of Ascania as Lowenborch. The first element is the Polabian name of the river Elbe, Lave (cognate to Czech Labe); the second element is Burg.

Proper noun

Lauenburg

1. Lauenburg (town in Schleswig-Holstein), formally Lauenburg an der Elbe or Lauenburg/Elbe

Etymology 2

The town began as a Polish settlement named Łebno, which the Teutonic Knights Germanized to Lewin and then Lewinburg and granted town rights in 1341.

Proper noun

Lauenburg

1. Lauenburg (town in Pomerania: Lębork), formerly formally Lauenburg in Pommern or Lauenburg i. Pom.