Lüchow
title: "Lüchow" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["wendland", "lüchow-dannenberg"] topic_path: "general/wendland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lüchow" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox German place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Stadt |
| image_coa | DEU Lüchow (Wendland) COA.png |
| image_photo | Luechow marktplatz 4033.jpg |
| image_caption | The marketplace with the old City Hall |
| coordinates | |
| image_plan | Lüchow (Wendland) in DAN.svg |
| state | Niedersachsen |
| district | Lüchow-Dannenberg |
| Samtgemeinde | Lüchow |
| elevation | 18 |
| area | 89.46 |
| postal_code | 29439 |
| area_code | 05841 |
| licence | DAN |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 03 3 54 018 |
| divisions | 7 Ortsteile |
| website | |
| mayor | Torsten Petersen |
| :: |
|type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Lüchow (Wendland) COA.png |image_photo = Luechow marktplatz 4033.jpg |image_caption = The marketplace with the old City Hall |coordinates = |image_plan = Lüchow (Wendland) in DAN.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Lüchow-Dannenberg |Samtgemeinde = Lüchow |elevation = 18 |area = 89.46 |postal_code = 29439 |area_code = 05841 |licence = DAN |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 54 018 |divisions = 7 Ortsteile |website = |mayor = Torsten Petersen |party = Lüchow (; ) is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lüchow, and is the capital of the district Lüchow-Dannenberg. Situated in the historical region of Wendland, approximately 13 km north of Salzwedel, Lüchow is located on the German Framework Road.
In Lüchow one can find the Stones Fan Museum. The museum is dedicated to the Rolling Stones and was founded in 2011.
Geography
The river Jeetzel, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through the city. The surrounding landscape was created by glacial action, rising in the west, lower in the east.
A total of 89 km2 are within the limits of the city, which is divided into 24 boroughs: ::data[format=table]
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Several of the boroughs are named for, and generally represent, previously independent settlements which Lüchow has incorporated. [[Image:Drawehn.png|thumb|left|Map of the surrounding [[Drawehn]] landscape]]
The site was first mentioned in 1158, and received city rights in 1293. The only remnant of the fortifications built to defend in the late Middle Ages is a tower, which was adapted and used as a bell tower by St John's Church. A gate was erected in 1555 which divided the city centre from its western suburbs; this gate was demolished in 1793. Lüchow suffered from an outbreak of the Plague in 1537, and barely half a century later, in 1589, was largely destroyed by fire. Another fire in 1608 destroyed much of what had been rebuilt. The worst fire, in 1811, destroyed even the city hall and the Schloss.
Climate
| location = Lüchow (1991–2020 normals) | metric first = Y | single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan high C = 3.8 |Feb high C = 4.9 |Mar high C = 9.1 |Apr high C = 14.6 |May high C = 19.1 |Jun high C = 22.0 |Jul high C = 24.5 |Aug high C = 24.2 |Sep high C = 19.6 |Oct high C = 13.9 |Nov high C = 7.9 |Dec high C = 4.6 | year high C = 13.9 |Jan mean C = 1.3 |Feb mean C = 1.9 |Mar mean C = 4.7 |Apr mean C = 9.2 |May mean C = 13.5 |Jun mean C = 16.4 |Jul mean C = 18.6 |Aug mean C = 18.1 |Sep mean C = 14.2 |Oct mean C = 9.5 |Nov mean C = 5.2 |Dec mean C = 2.3 |year mean C = 9.5 |Jan low C = -1.2 |Feb low C = -1.3 |Mar low C = 0.9 |Apr low C = 3.5 |May low C = 7.2 |Jun low C = 10.2 |Jul low C = 12.5 |Aug low C = 12.3 |Sep low C = 9.1 |Oct low C = 5.7 |Nov low C = 2.4 |Dec low C = -0.2 | year low C = 5.1 | precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 46.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 31.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 38.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 29.0 |May precipitation mm = 50.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 54.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 72.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 60.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 43.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 48.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 40.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 43.7 | year precipitation mm = 555.3 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.8 |Feb precipitation days = 14.6 |Mar precipitation days = 14.5 |Apr precipitation days = 12.2 |May precipitation days = 13.0 |Jun precipitation days = 13.3 |Jul precipitation days = 15.0 |Aug precipitation days = 14.4 |Sep precipitation days = 12.8 |Oct precipitation days = 15.0 |Nov precipitation days = 16.6 |Dec precipitation days = 17.1 |year precipitation days = 175.9 |Jan sun = 46.9 |Feb sun = 72.5 |Mar sun = 125.1 |Apr sun = 186.8 |May sun = 226.9 |Jun sun = 225.2 |Jul sun = 227.8 |Aug sun = 210.1 |Sep sun = 159.7 |Oct sun = 110.4 |Nov sun = 50.1 |Dec sun = 38.5 |year sun = 1661.6 |Jan humidity = 87.8 |Feb humidity = 84.1 |Mar humidity = 79.4 |Apr humidity = 72.8 |May humidity = 71.9 |Jun humidity = 73.1 |Jul humidity = 73.0 |Aug humidity = 74.9 |Sep humidity = 80.1 |Oct humidity = 85.4 |Nov humidity = 89.4 |Dec humidity = 89.1 | source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012162520/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Luechow_10253.csv | archive-date = 12 October 2023 | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Luechow_10253.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 12 October 2023}}
Twin towns - sister cities
Lüchow is twinned with:
- FRA Céret, France (1983)
- POL Oborniki, Poland (2007)
- GER Steglitz-Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany (2019)
Sons and daughters of the city
Friedrich Syrup was born in Lüchow. Detlef Weigel grew up and attended high school in Lüchow.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Luechow_Amtsturm_8552.jpg" caption="The "Amtsturm", a remnant of the Schloss"] ::
Notes
References
- Johann Parum Schultze; Reinhold Olesch (publisher): Fontes linguae Dravaenopolabicae minores et Chronica Venedica J. P. Schultzii. (= Slavistische Forschungen; Band 7). Böhlau, Köln und Graz 1967
- Christian Hennig von Jessen: Vocabularium Venedicum (oder Wendisches Wörter-Buch) (1705). Nachdruck besorgt von Reinhold Olesch. - Köln [u.a.]: Böhlau 1959 (Pastor C. Hennig von Jessen's source was the Polabian-speaking Johann Janieschge of Klennow)
- Chronik der Stadt Lüchow. Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft E. Köhring, Lüchow 1949, 2. unveränd. Nachdruck (second unaltered edition) 1989
- Karl Kowalewski: Lüchow. Vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Jeetzel-Stadt. Stade 1980
- Karl Kowalewski: Der große Brand von Lüchow 1811 und der Wiederaufbau der Stadt, Lüchow 2006
- Karl Kowalewski: Von Altertümern und von Heimatliebe. Notizen und Beobachtungen aus Anlaß des Doppeljubiläums; 75 Jahre Wendländischer Altertumsverein 1905–1980; 50 Jahre Wendländisches Heimatmuseum 1930–1980. Lüchow 1980
- Burghard Kulow: Lüchow (Wendland), Die 50er und 60er Jahre. Horb 2006
- Hans Nordsiek: Von Lüchow nach Salzwedel – auf den Spuren des Mindener Reformators Nicolaus Krage. In: Mitteilungen des Mindener Geschichtsvereins, 53/1981, pages 51–106
- Peter und Torsten Schoepe: Lüchow. Wandel des Stadtbildes in 120 Jahren. Lüchow 1985
References
- Huffington Post, [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/rolling-stone-mouth-shape_n_1250119.html?guccounter=1 Rolling Stone Mouth-Shaped Urinals Called Sexist], 2 February 2012
- Klaus Rohmeyer and Hans Jürgen Hansen, ''Land zwischen Heide und Meer'', Süddeutscher Verlag (publisher), 1979, page 107.
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