Lüchow (; ) is a city in northeastern
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is the seat of the ("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
Salzwedel (, officially known as Hansestadt Salzwedel; ) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, and has a population of approximately 21,500. Salzwedel is located on the Ger ...
, Lüchow is located on the
German Framework Road.
In Lüchow one can find the
Stones Fan Museum. The museum is designated to the Rolling Stones and was founded in 2011.
Geography
The river
Jeetzel, a tributary of the
Elbe
The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...
, flows through the city.
[Klaus Rohmeyer and Hans Jürgen Hansen, ''Land zwischen Heide und Meer'', Süddeutscher Verlag (publisher), 1979, page 107.] The
surrounding landscape was created by glacial action, rising in the west, lower in the east.
A total of 89 km
2 are within the limits of the city, which is divided into 24
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
...
s:
Several of the boroughs are named for, and generally represent, previously independent settlements which Lüchow has incorporated.
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
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products.
Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ...
. Another fire in 1608 destroyed much of what had been rebuilt. The worst fire, in 1811, destroyed even the city hall and the
Schloss
''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.
Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cogn ...
.
Climate
Twin towns - sister cities
Lüchow is
twinned with:
*
Céret
Céret (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Comarques of Catalonia, Catalan comarca of Vallespir.
Geography
The town lies in ...
, France (1983)
*
Oborniki
Oborniki is a town in west-central Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about north of Poznań. It is the capital of Oborniki County and of Gmina Oborniki. Its population is 18,176 (2005).
History
Oborniki was granted town rights before 129 ...
, Poland (2007)
*
Steglitz-Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany (2019)
Sons and daughters of the city
Friedrich Syrup
Friedrich Heinrich Karl Syrup (9 October 1881 – 31 August 1945) was a German jurist and politician.
Life
Syrup was born in Lüchow, Dannenberg district, in the Prussian Province of Hanover. The postal official's son studied engineering ...
was born in Lüchow.
Detlef Weigel grew up and attended high school in Lüchow.
External links
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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
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...
: ''Vocabularium Venedicum (oder Wendisches Wörter-Buch)'' (1705). Nachdruck besorgt von Reinhold Olesch. - Köln .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
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