Blücher

Blücher may refer to:

People

• Blücher (surname)
• Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal who led the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo

Arts and entertainment

• Blücher (film), a 1988 Norwegian film
• Frau Blücher, a character in the 1974 film Young Frankenstein
• "Blücher", a song by power metal band Kamelot from their 2007 album Ghost Opera
• Blücher, a hand in the British card game Napoleon

Military

• Operation Blücher, one World War I and two World War II German army operations
• Blücher Order, an East German decoration named after Field Marshal Blücher
• Wolf pack Blücher, a German U-boat pack of World War II
• List of ships named Blucher, which includes warships (as well as civilian vessels)

Places

• Blücher, a former estate village of Blücher family, now district.
• Blucher, Saskatchewan, Canada, an unincorporated community
• Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343, Saskatchewan
• Blucher, Newcastle, a small district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• Blucher Creek, California, United States

Transport

• List of ships named Blucher
• Blücher (locomotive), an early railway locomotive

Shoes

• Derby shoe, called a blucher in American English, whose laces tie over the tongue on two flaps
• Blucher shoe, a shoe with open lacing, similar to the derby, but with vamp in one piece

Other uses

• Blucher (horse) (died 1841), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
• Blücher, a boarding house at Wellington College, Berkshire, England
• Blücher, a manufacturer of stainless steel drainage systems

See also

• Blüchern, a gambling game that Field Marshal Blücher was said to have played