Lucka is a town in the
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
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landkreis
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of
Altenburger Land
Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a mem ...
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History
The settlement of the area around Lucka occurred in the early
Stone Age (5000-2500 b.c.). Lucka was first mentioned in writing in 1320 as "opidum Luckowe". The area was also the site of a
battle
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in 1307 between the
Habsburgs and the
Wettins. Within the
German Empire (1871–1918), Lucka was part of the
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilomete ...
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International relations
Lucka is
twinned with:
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Unterschleißheim
Unterschleißheim (Central Bavarian: ''Untaschleißheim'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located about 17 km north of the city limits of Munich, and has a resident population of 29,464 (December 31, 2021).
History
Unterschleißheim wa ...
,
Bavaria
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Weselberg,
Rhineland-Palatinate
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Town Division
Lucka is divided into three parts: the town itself, Breitenhain and Prößdorf.
Personalities
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Otto Engert — a Communist politician (b. in Prößdorf)
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Erika Zuchold - World Champion and Olympic Medalist in Gymnastics
References
*The information in this article is based on and/or translated from that found in its German equivalent.
Altenburger Land
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
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