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I/UTZELBUEGER. 558 LUXEMBOURG. German Renaissance. One of his three "Dance of Deatlr" al]iliabets was imitated by Ludcl at GiJt- tinyen in 1894. LtiTZEN, ly'tst-n. A small town in the Prus- sian Province of Saxony. 10 miles southwest of Leipzig, with 3838 inliabitants in 1000. It is famous for two battles fouglit in its vicinity. The first battle of Liitzen was fought in the course of the Thirty Years' War, between Gus- tavus Adolpluis, King of Sweden, and WaHen- stein, eonnuander-in-ehief of the Imperial forces, on November 16 (old style, November G), 1032. At the end of September Gustavus Adolphus had been comiiclled to leave Nuremberg, having been starved out by Wallenstein. The latter marched nortlnvard to force the wavering Elector of Sax- ony, John George, to join the Imperialist cause. Gustavus Adolpluis hurried after him, imited his forces with those of Duke Ijcrnhard of Saxe- Wei- mar, and attacked Wallenstein. The Swedes numbered about 15,000 men; Wallenstein had approximately 25,000. The battle was contested with great stubbornness on both sides. Gustavus Adolphus was killed early in the day. Night finally put an end to the battle, the Swedes re- maining masters of the field. Each side is said to have lost about 10.000 in killed and wounded. Consult: Droysen, "Die Schlacht bei Liitzen," in Forschiiiiiicn :ur deiitscJien Geschichtc (Gottin- gen, 1862) ; Dodge. Giistanifi Adoliihtis (Boston. 1895). (See Gustavus I. Adolphus; Thibty Years' Wah; Walle.xstei.x.) The second battle of Liitzen took place on May 2. 1813. a little to the south of the site of the first battle, between the French under Napoleon and the Russo-Prussian army under General Wittgenstein. Napoleon was victorious, but, as he had no cavalry with which to pursue, his victory brought him little benefit. Each side lost about 20.000 men. Consult Sloane, Jjifp of Ii(ij>oIcoii Boiuiparte, vol. iv. (New York, IS96). See Napoleon I. LUTZK, lootsk (Pol. Luck). An old town in the Government of. Volhynia, Russia, situated on the Styr, about 120 miles southeast of Luldin. It was the capital of an independent principality in the Middle Ages and a place of great commer- cial importance. It passed to Lithuania and later followed the fortunes of Poland. In recent times it has been fortified. Population, in 1897, 18,525. LUTZOW. li.i'tso, Adolf, Baron (1782-1834). A German soldier. rememl)ered as the leader of a famous volunteer corps in the War of Liberation. He was born in Berlin, entered the Prussian Army in 1795, retired as major in 1808. but was restored to active service in 1811, and in Febru- ary, 1813, was authorized to organize a corps of volunteers, destined to carry on a guerrilla war- fare in the rear of the enemy. 'The corps was named after Liitzow and known also, from its uniform, as the 'Black Troop,' or 'Black Rifle- men.' It distinguished itself especially in the engagement around the- Grdirde Forest, where Liitzow was severely wounded. Having rejoined the army in France, he was taken prisoner in March. 1814. and. his corps being disbanded after the conclusion of peace, he received command of a cavalry regiment. Captured again in the battle of Ligny and delivered at Belle- Alliance, lie was appointed colonel and in 1822 promoted to major-general. The valor of the Black Troop is commemorated in the poem "Liltzows wilde, verwegene Jagd," Ijy Theodor Kiirner (q.v. ), who, as Liitzow's adjutant, met his death in battle. LUTZOW, Kabl vo.n (1832-97). A German art-historian and critic, born at Giittingen. He studied philology and arclia>ology at Gijttingen and Munich, and was associated in Berlin with Liibke in editing Ucnkmulcr dcr Kitnst, estab- lished himself as a lecturer in Munich in 1858, then edited in Vienna the licccnsioneiii und Hit- theilungen iiber bildeiidc Kunst, and in 1804 be- came docent of art-history at the Academy, where in 1800 he was also' made librarian aiid custodian of the cabinet of engravings. In 1807 he was appointed professor at the Polytechnicum. His valuable publications include: i)ic AJcistcr- loerkc dcr Kirchciibtiukunst (2d ed. 1871); Die Geschiclite dcr kaiscrlicli-koiiiylichen Akademie dcr bildenden Kiinnie (1877); Die verrielftilti- ycndc Kunst dcr Gcgenwart (1880 et seq. ) : Die Kunstschtitzc Italiens in geographisch-histori- scher Uebersicht gcschildert (2d ed. 1900) ; and Geschichte des deutschen Kupfersticlis unci Holz- sclinitts (1891). He founded the Zeitschrift fiir bildende Kunsf (1806 et seq.), of which he was editor up to the time of his death. LUTZOW, TiiERESE vox (1804-52). A Ger- man author. She was born at Stuttgart, sub- sequently removed to Hamburg, and finally to Saint Petersburg, where her father, H. von Struve, was ambassador. She accompanied her second husband. Colonel von Liitzow, to Java, where she died. Her chief publication is the correspondence between 'ilhelm von Hinu- boldt and her friend Charlotte Diede, under the title Bricfe an cine Freundin von Wilhehn ron HumboUt (1847; 12th ed. 1891). Her other works include society novels, such as Lydia (1884) and Wcltgliic'k (1885), and several in- teresting volumes of travel. LUVERNE, liTo-vern'. A village and the county-seat of Rock County, Minn., 200 miles southwest of Minneapolis ; on the Rock River, and on the Chicago, Kock Island and Pacific and the Chicago, Saint Paul. iSIinneapolis and Omaha railroads (Map: Jlinnesota. B 7). It has a fine court-house and a public library of about 2000 volumes. The village is surrounded by an agri- cultural district, and there are granite-quarries, grain-elevators, a flour-niill, creamen'. brick- yard, etc., and important nufsery and .stock- breeding interests. Population, in 1890. 1466; in 1900, 2223. LUX, li.iks, FRiEDRicir (1820-95). A German composer, born at Ruhla, Thuringia. He stud- ied with his father, with A. Michel at Gothn, and for two years with F. Schneider at Dessau, where he was musical director in the Court Theatre from 1841 until 1851. when he became kapellmeister at the Stadttheater, Mainz. Among his works are the operas Das Kathchen r'<" Ileilbronn (1846), Die Fiirstin von Athen, D< r ^chmied von Ruhla (1885), and the symphony Die vier Lebensalter, besides church music an 1 pianoforte pieces. His vocal music was of more than passing importance. LUXEMBOURG, luks'iiN'boor', FRANrois Henri de iloxT^roRENCY-BouTEViLLE, Didce of (1628-95). A Marshal of France. He was born in Paris, the posthumous son of Francois de Montmorency, Count of Bouteville, whom Louis XIII. caused to be beheaded for participating in a duel. He was brought up with the great