Blücher may refer to:

People

Blücher (surname) Blücher or Bluecher is a German surname. The Russified form is Blyukher. Notable people with the surname include: * Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), a Napoleonic era Prussian general *Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960), diarist ...

* 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 ''Ghost Opera'' is the eighth studio album from metal band Kamelot. It was released in 2007 by SPV GmbH/Steamhammer Records, on June 1 in Germany and followed by releases on June 4 in Europe and June 5 in the United States. It is the first studi ...

'' *Blücher, a hand in the British card game

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

Military

Operation Blücher Operation Blücher refers to several German army operations named after Prussian Field Marshal Blücher: * Operation Blücher, a World War I alternative plan to Heilger Michael. It called for an attack on Allied forces near the Aisne River, sche ...

, one World War I and two World War II German army operations *

Blücher Order The Blücher Order () was an order of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was named after the Prussian Generalfeldmarschall Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who was seen as a hero in the GDR for his part in defeating the invading army of Napole ...

, an East German decoration named after Field Marshal Blücher *

Wolf pack Blücher The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

, a German U-boat pack of World War II * List of ships named ''Blucher'', which includes warships (as well as civilian vessels)

Places

Blucher, Saskatchewan Blucher is an unincorporated community in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on ...

, Canada, an unincorporated community *

Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 The Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11 and Division No. 5. It is located in the north-central portion of the province ...

, Saskatchewan *Blucher, Newcastle, a small district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England *

Blucher Creek Blucher Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream that rises in the hills south of Sebastopol, California, United States, and empties into the Lagun ...

, California, United States

Transport

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

Shoes

Derby shoe A derby ( , ; also called gibson) is a style of boot or shoe characterized by quarters, with shoelace eyelets that are sewn on top of the vamp.

, called a ''blucher'' in American English, whose laces tie over the tongue on two flaps *

Blucher shoe A blucher ( or , , ) is a style of shoe with open lacing, its vamp made of a single piece of leather ("one cut"), with shoelace eyelets tabs sewn on top. The blucher is similar to a derby: both feature open lacing, in contrast to the Oxford 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