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city, Schleswig-Holstein Land (state), northern Germany, situated south of Lbeck, on the Elbe-Lbeck Canal, and built around two small lakes. First mentioned in 1188, it was chartered about 1220. According to legend, the prankster Till Eulenspiegel, the representative of Low German humour and the subject of both literary and musical works, died there in 1350, and his tombstone (16th century) is in the Church of St. Nicholas. The Gothic town hall and many half-timbered houses give the city a medieval character suited to the annual Eulenspiegel festival. Industries include iron founding and the manufacture of chemicals, textiles, furniture, tobacco, and food products. The establishment there of a number of business concerns moved from East Germany led to increased harbour activity after World War II. Pop. (1989 est.) 16,430.