What is Bad Liebenwerda?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Bad Liebenwerda COA.svg |image_photo = Schlossstrasse bad Liebenwerda.JPG |image_caption = The Lubwartturm, Bad Liebenwerda |coordinates = {{coord|51|31|0|N|13|24|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Bad Liebenwerda in EE.png |state = Brandenburg |district = Elbe-Elster |elevation = 86 |area = 138.41 |population = 10573 |pop_ref = <ref>[http://www.badliebenwerda.de Homepage der Stadt Bad Liebenwerda<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 04924 |area_code = 035341 |licence = EE, FI, LIB |Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 62 024 |website = {{url|http://www.Badliebenwerda.de/}} |mayor = Thomas Richter |Bürgermeistertitel = Bürgermeister |party = CDU }} '''Bad Liebenwerda''' is a [[spa town]] in the [[Elbe-Elster]] district, in southwestern [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]]. It is on the river [[Schwarze Elster]], 57&nbsp;km northwest of [[Dresden]], and 28&nbsp;km east of [[Torgau]]. == History == The first written mention is from 1231, as ''Lievenwerde''. The meaning of the name is ''Liev'', or ''Lieb'' for life or loveley, and -''werde'' from ''werda'' means island, high place in a wather. In the document of 1231, is also mentioned an Otto of Ileburg, [[Vogt]] of Lievenwerde, and a Plebanus Walterus, a priest. Liebenwerda had a [[Water castle]] with a [[Keep]] called Lubwarttower. the first mention as Liebenwerda as a city is from 1304. Liebenwerda was part of the [[Electorate of Saxony]] and [[Kingdom of Saxony]] till 1815. In reason of the [[Congress of Vienna]] the area became part of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] as [[district]] Liebenwerda. Since 1905, has Liebenwerda a spa clinical and since 1925, has Liebenwerda the word ''[[Spa town|Bad]]'' as a part of the name. == Culture and architecture == Bad Liebenwerda is home of the [[Gothic archi