Luckau (Wendland)

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

Luckau (Wendland)
Luckau (Wendland)
Location of Luckau (Wendland) within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Coordinates	52°56′N 11°03′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow (Wendland)
Local subdivisions	10 Ortsteile
Basic statistics
Area	22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m  (72 ft)
Population	640 (31 December 2010)
- Density	29 /km2 (75 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DAN
Postal code	29487
Area code	05843

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

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.