Luetzen, Memorial, Frank Ellmerich From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia L tzen is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district,
in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 14 km
northeast of Wei enfels, and 18 km southwest of Leipzig. The
town was the scene of two famous battles: The Battle of Lützen
(1632) in the Thirty Years' War, in which Gustavus Adolphus of
Sweden defeated Albrecht von Wallenstein. However, Gustavus
Adolphus himself died on the battlefield, resulting in the
battle being a Pyrrhic victory for Sweden. There is a statue in
L tzen in his memory. Also, there is a stone, called
Schwedenstein(Swedenstone), covered by a gothic-style monument
on the spot on the battlefield where he died. Close to this
there is a memorial church in his honour. The Battle of L tzen
(1813) in the Napoleonic Wars, in which Napoleon defeated
combined Russian and Prussian forces in nearby Grossgoerschen.
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