Luckau (Wendland)

Luckau
Luckau
Location of Luckau (Wendland) within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Coordinates: 52°56′N 11°03′E / 52.933°N 11.050°E / 52.933; 11.050Coordinates: 52°56′N 11°03′E / 52.933°N 11.050°E / 52.933; 11.050
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow (Wendland)
Area
• Total	22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	631
• Density	28/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	29487
Dialling codes	05843
Vehicle registration	DAN

Luckau (Wendland) is a village or Gemeinde (municipality) in the southern part of the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The village is located in the region known as Wendland about ten kilometers southwest of the district capital (or county seat) of Lüchow (Wendland). The southern border of the municipality coincides with the border between the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Luckau is included in the consolidated municipality (Samtgemeinde) Lüchow (Wendland).

Luckau is one of the rundlings (a village arranged in a circle around a commons) that are frequently to be found in Wendland. The name of the town comes from the Slavic lauck and means leek or onion field.

Parishes in the municipality

• Bülitz
• Köhlen
• Mammoißel

  This hamlet is one of the best-preserved rundlings in the Wendland. Worth seeing is a four-post Low German "hall house" dating from 1777, which displays a diagonal pattern of tiles and half-timbers. The placename stems from the Slavic and means Seat of the Malomysl. Approximately 40 people live here.

• Nauden
• Püggen
• Steine
• Zargleben
• Zeetze

Towns and municipalities in Lüchow-Dannenberg (district)
Bergen an der Dumme Clenze Damnatz Dannenberg Gartow Göhrde Gorleben Gusborn Hitzacker Höhbeck Jameln Karwitz Küsten Langendorf Lemgow Lübbow Lüchow Luckau Neu Darchau Prezelle Schnackenburg Schnega Trebel Waddeweitz Woltersdorf Wustrow Zernien

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