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Lupphurdum

Λούπφουπδον

Lupphurdum (Λούπφουπδον), a town in the north of Germany. (Ptol. 2.11.28.) Its site is generally identified with Wittenberg or Meissen; but it seems more probable that it was situated near Leipzig, on the river Luppa, from which it may have derived its name.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.