Luckenwalde

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Luckenwalde
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Teltow-Fläming
Town subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Mayor	Elisabeth Herzog-von der Heide (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	46.75 km² (18.1 sq mi)
Elevation	48 m  (157 ft)
Population	21,176  (31/12/2006)
- Density	453 /km² (1,173 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	TF (auslaufend LUK)
Postal code	14943
Area code	03371
Website	www.luckenwalde.de
Location of the town of Luckenwalde within Teltow-Fläming district
Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 13°10′00″E / 52.08306, 13.166667

Luckenwalde is a town in the district of Teltow-Fläming in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Its cloth and wool factories were once among the most extensive in Germany. Among its other traditional industries were cotton printing and a dye works, brewing, and the making of metal and bronze goods.

The site of Luckenwalde was occupied in the 12th century by a Cistercian monastery, but the village did not spring up till the reign of Frederick the Great. It was made a town in 1808.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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