Lüchow

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Lüchow
Town
The marketplace with the old City Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Lüchow within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Lüchow Show map of Germany Lüchow Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°58′N 11°09′E / 52.967°N 11.150°E / 52.967; 11.150
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow (Wendland)
Subdivisions	7 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Torsten Petersen
Area
• Total	89.01 km2 (34.37 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,612
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29439
Dialling codes	05841
Vehicle registration	DAN
Website	www.luechow.de

Lüchow (Wendland) (German pronunciation: [ˈlyːçoː]) is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, in Germany. It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lüchow (Wendland), and is the capital of the district Lüchow-Dannenberg. Situated approximately 13 km north of Salzwedel, Lüchow is located on the German Framework Road. In the Polabian language, Lüchow is called Ljauchüw (Lgauchi or Lieuschü in older German reference material).

In Lüchow one can find the Stones Fan Museum. The museum is designated to the Rolling Stones and was founded in 2011.^[2]

The river Jeetzel, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through the city.^[3] 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:

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. Another fire in 1608 destroyed much of what had been rebuilt. The worst fire, in 1811, destroyed even the city hall and the Schloss.

Lüchow is twinned with:

Friedrich Syrup was born in Lüchow. Detlef Weigel grew up and attended high school in Lüchow.

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• 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
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• Karl Kowalewski: Der große Brand von Lüchow 1811 und der Wiederaufbau der Stadt, Lüchow 2006
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• 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