Luckau (Wendland)

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen =
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 56
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 03
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Lüchow-Dannenberg
Samtgemeinde = Lüchow (Wendland)
Höhe = 22
Fläche = 22.18
Einwohner = 670
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 29487
Vorwahl = 05843
Kfz = DAN
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 54 016
Gliederung = 10 Ortsteile
Adresse = Lüchower Straße 13 a
29459 Clenze

Luckau (Wendland) is a village or "Gemeinde" (municipality) in the southern part of the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The village is located in the region known as Wendland about ten kilometers southwest of the district capital (or county seat) of Lüchow (Wendland). The southern border of the municipality coincides with the border between the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Luckau is included in the consolidated municipality ("Samtgemeinde") Lüchow (Wendland).

Luckau is one of the "round-commons" villages ("Rundangerdörfer") which are frequently to be found in Wendland. The name of the town comes from the Slavic "lauck" and means leek or onion field.

Localities in the municipality

*Bülitz
*Köhlen
*Mammoißel
*: This locality is one of the most well-preserved "round commons" villages (Rundlinge) in Wendland. Worth seeing is a four-post Lower-Saxony style "hall house" dating from 1777, which displays a diagonal pattern of tiles and half-timbers. The name of the locality stems from the Slavic and means "Seat of the Malomysl". Approximately 40 inhabitants live in the hamlet.
*Nauden
*Püggen
*Steine
*Zargleben
*Zeetze