Luckau (Wendland)

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This article deals with the village in the German state of Lower Saxony.
For the city of the same name located in the state of Brandenburg see Luckau.

Coordinates: 52°56′N 11°3′E

Luckau


Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Population	682 (2005)
Area	22.18 km²
Population density	31 /km²
Elevation	22 m
Coordinates	52°56′ N 11°3′ E
Postal code	29487
Area code	05843
Licence plate code	DAN
Website	-

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 Sachsen-Anhalt.

Together with the neighboring villages of Clenze, Bergen an der Dumme, Schnega and Waddeweitz, Luckau is included in the consolidated municipality (Samtgemeinde) of Clenze.

Luckau is one of the "round-commons" villages (Rundangerdörfer) which are frequently to be found in Wendland. The name of the town comes from the Slavic lauck and means leek or onion field.

[edit] Localities in the municipality

Bülitz

Köhlen

Mammoißel

This locality is one of the most well-preserved "round commons" villages (Rundlinge) in Wendland. Worth seeing is a four-post Lower-Saxony style "hall house" dating from 1777, which displays a diagonal pattern of tiles and half-timbers. The name of the locality stems from the Slavic and means Seat of the Malomysl. Approximately 40 inhabitants live in the hamlet.