# Lüchow

Lüchow (German:; Polabian: Ljauchüw) is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("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, 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, flows through the city. 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 boroughs:
| Banneick Beutow Bösel Gollau Grabow Jabel | Jeetzel Kolborn Krautze Künsche Loge Lüchow | Lüsen Müggenburg Plate Ranzau Reddebeitz Reetze | Rehbeck Saaße Satemin Seerau in der Lucie Tarmitz Weitsche |
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.

## Climate

Climate data for Lüchow (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 13.9 (57.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) | 1.9 (35.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 9.5 (49.1) | 5.2 (41.4) | 2.3 (36.1) | 9.5 (49.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) | −1.3 (29.7) | 0.9 (33.6) | 3.5 (38.3) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 9.1 (48.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.1 (41.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.1 (1.81) | 31.2 (1.23) | 38.0 (1.50) | 29.0 (1.14) | 50.3 (1.98) | 54.0 (2.13) | 72.9 (2.87) | 60.8 (2.39) | 43.6 (1.72) | 48.2 (1.90) | 40.9 (1.61) | 43.7 (1.72) | 555.3 (21.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 16.8 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 15.0 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 175.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87.8 | 84.1 | 79.4 | 72.8 | 71.9 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 74.9 | 80.1 | 85.4 | 89.4 | 89.1 | 80.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46.9 | 72.5 | 125.1 | 186.8 | 226.9 | 225.2 | 227.8 | 210.1 | 159.7 | 110.4 | 50.1 | 38.5 | 1,661.6 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization ||||||||||||||

## Twin towns - sister cities

Lüchow is twinned with:
* Céret, France (1983)
* Oborniki, Poland (2007)
* Steglitz-Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany (2019)

## Sons and daughters of the city

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