Lüchow (Wendland)

	LÜCHOW (WENDLAND) Country: Germany State: Niedersachsen District (Kreis): Lüchow-Dannenberg Samtgemeinde: Lüchow (Wendland), (until 2006 Lüchow) Additions: 1972 Beutow 1972 Bösel 1972 Gollau 1972 Grabow 1972 Jabel 1972 Jeetzel 1972 Kolborn 1972 Krautze 1972 Künsche 1972 Loge 1972 Plate 1972 Ranzau 1972 Reetze 1972 Rehbeck 1972 Saaße 1972 Satemin 1972 Seerau in der Lucie 1972 Tarmitz 1972 Weitsche Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.969099999999997407940099947154521942138671875,"lon":11.1587999999999993860910763032734394073486328125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms are based on the arms of the Counts of Lüchow, who ruled the city in medieval times, and who became extinct in 1318. The oldest known seal of the city dates from the 13^th century and shows already the above arms. Later seals and arms all showed a castle with the arms of the counts in the gate, see images below. Since the middle of the 20^th century the city again uses only the oldest arms.

Image gallery

The arms as shown in 1891
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler,1964-1971, 8 volumes; Ahrens, 1891

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