Luckau
Sign in to saveLuckau (; ) is a city in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in the federal state of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. Known for its beauty, it has been dubbed "the Pearl of Lower Lusatia".
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Luckau.svg
- German location.image_skyline
- Luckau town hall.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall
- German location.image_plan
- Luckau in LDS.png
- German location.state
- Brandenburg
- German location.district
- Dahme-Spreewald
- German location.elevation
- 65
- German location.area
- 207.44
- German location.postal_code
- 15926
- German location.area_code
- 03544
- German location.licence
- LDS
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 12 0 61 320
- German location.website
- www.luckau.de
- German location.mayor
- Gerald Lehmann
- German location.leader_term
- 2017–25
- German location.party
- Independent
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Origin of the name
- History
- Demography
- Sightseeing
- Transport
- Districts of the city
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- People
- References
- External links
Luckau (; ) is a city in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in the federal state of Brandenburg, in eastern Germany. Known for its beauty, it has been dubbed "the Pearl of Lower Lusatia".
==Origin of the name== The name appears to be a locative form of a Sorbian root meaning marsh, moor, or wet meadow, in reference to the surrounding countryside.