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M�lln is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by several small lakes. The Elbe-L�beck Canal flows through the town. M�lln belongs to the district of Lauenburg. Population: 18,300 (2001).

The town was founded in the 12th century. It rapidly became an important town, due to the Old Salt Route and the Stecknitz Canal, which was a precursor of the today's Elbe-Luebeck Canal. Although situated in the midst of the medieval duchy of Lauenburg, the town was mortgaged to the Hanseatic town of L�beck, which ruled M�lln from 1359 to 1683.

M�lln calls itself the Eulenspiegel town, due to Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary clown. Eulenspiegel is said to have lived in Braunschweig (Brunswick), but his last year of life he allegedly resided in M�lln. He died from the plague in 1350. Although his existence is not proven, there are several monuments to him in M�lln.

In November 1992 three Turkish girls die in an arson attack on their living-house in M�lln (23. 11. 1992), nine more people injured (see also: Neo-Nazism).