Landwehr (disambiguation)

Landwehr is a word of German origin (literally: "land defence") and may refer to:

Territorial armies

• Landwehr, a type of national home guard or territorial army employed historically e.g. in Germany and Austria-Hungary.
  • k.k. Landwehr, the territorial army of the Austrian half of the Empire of Austria-Hungary
  • k.u. Landwehr, the territorial army of the Hungarian half of the Empire of Austria-Hungary

Fortified borders

• Landwehr (border), a medieval border demarcation or fortified border around a settlement or territory in Europe

Landwehr is also the name of:

Places in Germany

• Landwehr, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the county of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
• Landwehr (Golßen), a village in the borough of Golßen, Brandenburg
• Landwehr (Halver), a farmstead in the borough of Halver in the county of Märkischen Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Landwehr (Menden), a village in the borough of Menden, Sauerland
• Landwehr (Quarnbek), a village in the municipality of Quarnbek in the county of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
• Landwehr (Radevormwald), part of Radevormwald in the county of Oberbergischen Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Landwehr, until 1938 Geswethen, county of Insterburg, East Prussia, since 1946: Nagornoje, settlement in Chernyakhovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia

Other geographical or manmade features

• Landwehr (Astengebiet), a series of fortifications around the Kahler Asten in the county of Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany
• Kirchwehrener Landwehr, a stream in Hanover Region, Germany
• Landwehr (Wachau), a woodland in Wachau, Saxony near Radeberg, Saxony, Germany

People

• Albrecht Landwehr, mayor of in Vohwinkel 1919–1929
• Achim Landwehr (born 1968), German historian
• Gordian Landwehr (1912–1998), German Dominican prior
• Gottfried Landwehr (1929–2013), German physicist
• Heinrich Landwehr (1908–1974), German politician (SPD)
• Hermann Landwehr (1884–1955), German lawyer and ministerial official
• Johann Landwehr (recorded around 1658–1670), German artist, son of Jürgen Landwehr
• Jürgen Landwehr (ca. 1580–1646) German artist
• Karl-Heinrich Landwehr (born 1935), German company lawyer
• Ludwig Landwehr (1897–1981), German politician
• Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (born 1963), German composer
• Mathis Landwehr (born 1980), German actor
• Richard Landwehr, author of books about the Waffen-SS
• Wilma Landwehr (1913–1981), German politician (SPD)