page_title: Lüchow
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Lüchow / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the hilly region "Drawehn" between Hamburg and Berlin (North German Lowland). Map has a German inscription. Deutsch: Karte des Drawehn mit Hervorhebung von Höhenschichten (geomorphologisches Profil). Die hellgrüne Farbe z. B. markiert Bereiche unter 20 m NN, orange-rot Bereiche zwischen 50 und 75 m, dunkelbraun über 100 m NN. Nur niedersächsische Gebiete sind dargestellt. &#160;&#160; &lt; 20 m NN &#160;&#160; 50–75 m NN &#160;&#160; &gt; 100 m NN
context_page_description: Lüchow is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, in Germany. It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde Lüchow, 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.
  In Lüchow one can find the Stones Fan Museum. The museum is designated to the Rolling Stones and was founded in 2011.
context_section_description: 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 km² 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.
caption: Map of the surrounding Drawehn landscape.
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