Why visit Luckau
Townapedia lists 91 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 46 places to eat, 10 places to stay and 27 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include TheaterLoge Luckau, Galgen-Berg, Freilichtmuseum Höllberghof and Herrenhaus Kümmritz.
Weather in Luckau
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About Luckau
Luckau (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊkaʊ] ; Lower Sorbian: Łukow) 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".
From the Wikipedia article Luckau (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do27
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Museums and landmarks91
Herrenhaus Kümmritz
Monument and historic site · 8.0 km
Herrenhaus in Luckau OT Kümmritz
35 Kümmritz, Luckau
Georgenkapelle
Monument and historic site · 0.6 km
35 Am Markt, Luckau
Kursächsischer Viertelmeilenstein
Monument and historic site · 5.7 km
Nachbildung von 2007. Die drei originalen Reststücke befinden sich im Heimatmuseum Luckau
Kursächsische Postmeilensäule
Monument and historic site
Nachbildung (2023) einer Kursächsischen Distanzsäule
Schloss
Monument and historic site · 9.0 km
Schloss Kasel-Golzig, Pestalozziplatz in Kasel-Golzig
2 Pestalozziplatz, Kasel-Golzig
Denkmal 1. u. 2. Weltkrieg
Monument and historic site · 8.4 km
Denkmal für Gefallene WK I / II in Heideblick OT Wüstermarke
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Parks, trails and playgrounds13
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Restaurants and cafes46
Café & Restaurant Handrick
Cafe · Regional, German, Ice Cream
42 Lindenstraße, Luckau
Mo off; Tu-Th, Su 11:00-18:00; Fr, Sa 11:00-22:00
Landgasthaus Lindenhof und Pension
Restaurant · Regional · 6.5 km
11 Uckroer Hauptstraße, Luckau OT Uckro
We-Tu 11:00-22:00
Ratskeller
Restaurant · German
34 Am Markt, Luckau
Mo-Tu off; We-Su 11:30-14:00, 17:30-21:30 "Bitte rechtzeitig reservieren"
MeinEis
Ice cream · 11.4 km
10 Alte Siedlung, Drahnsdorf
Mo-Tu,Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa,Su,PH 12:00-18:00; We,Th off
Phuong Dong
Restaurant · Asian · 0.8 km
48 Calauer Straße
Tu-Sa 11:30-22:00, Su 12:00-22:00
Die Continentale
Restaurant · Indian, Pizza
14 Am Markt, Luckau
Mo,We-Su 17:00-22:00; Tu off
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Gaststätte am Forsthaus/Pension
Restaurant · Regional, Wild · 10.9 km
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History
The oldest preserved document mentioning the city of Luckau (using the Slavic form Lukow) dates from the year 1276. Since the Middle Ages, the town was located on an important trade route, called the "Salt Road", which was used to transport salt from Halle to Lusatia and further east to Poland. In 1468, the town opposed Bohemian (Czech) King George of Poděbrady and passed to Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. In 1490, it passed from Hungary back to the Kingdom of Bohemia, then ruled by Polish prince Vladislaus II. A prosperous town, it became one of the capitals of Lower Lusatia in 1492. By a decree by Margrave Heinrich von Meißen, all the Jewish inhabitants in Luckau were set to be expelled by March 8, 1500.
By the terms of the Peace of Prague in 1635 during the Thirty Years' War the Margravate of Lower Lusatia was conveyed to the Elector of Saxony, which territory up until that time had been a Bohemian fiefdom.
During the Thirty Years' War the Swedish fortified the city as a principal base. It suffered severe damage as a result of the ensuing conflicts.
On 4 June 1813 during the Napoleonic "War of Liberation", the advance of the French army was halted by the victory of the Russo-Prussian forces of the Sixth Coalition and an armistice was declared in the Truce of Pläswitz. This was briefly interrupted on 6 June by a skirmish at the battle of Luckau.
From the History section of Luckau on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay10
Hotel Spreewaldschule
Motel and hotel · 4.9 km
1 Langengrassau Schulplatz, Heideblick
Churches and places of worship28
Kirche Walddrehna
Church · Protestant · 10.1 km
30 Walddrehna Hauptstraße, Heideblick
Dorfkirche Falkenberg
Church · Protestant · 9.7 km
2 Falkenberg, Heideblick
Dorfkirche, Drahnsdorf
Church · Lutheran · 11.5 km
12 Dorfstraße, Drahnsdorf
Shopping10
Gas and EV charging5
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Healthcare4
Map of Luckau
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Getting there and nearby towns
Berlin Brandenburg Airport "Willy Brandt" (BER) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 59 km away.
- Lubnjow 17 km east, about 17 min by car
- Senftenberg 42 km southeast, about 42 min by car
- Zossen 44 km northwest, about 44 min by car
- Luckenwalde 45 km northwest, about 45 min by car
- Zeuthen 55 km north, about 55 min by car
- Ludwigsfelde 59 km northwest, about 59 min by car
- Schönefeld 61 km north, about 1 h by car
- Teltow 67 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Potsdam 75 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Berlin 77 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Luckau (Łukow) - Am Markt 29 und 30, Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Karl-Marx-Straße 21 Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Luckau-Sandoer Vorstadt-Lindenstraße, Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Lindenstraße 83 Haus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau südwestlicher Stadtring (3), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau südwestlicher Stadtring (2), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Lindenstraße 74 Haus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Postmeilensäule Luckau2, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lindenstraße 22 Hospital Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau südwestlicher Stadtring (5), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau südwestlicher Stadtring (4), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau südwestlicher Stadtring (1), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Luckau-Lindenstraße 22 Heilig-Geist-Hospital Hauptgebäude, Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Luckau-Lindenstraße 22 Heilig-Geist-Hospital Nebengebäude, Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Sandoer Straße Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lindenstraße 23 Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 24 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 22 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau nordwestlicher Stadtring (4), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Luckau-Kohlegraben Luckau nordwestlicher Stadtring (1), Assenmacher, CC BY 4.0
- Hauptstraße 31 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 21 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 34 Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Froschdenkmal Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 18 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 17 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schulstraße 11 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schulstraße 10 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Brauhausgasse 33 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Schulstraße 1 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lange Straße 7 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luckau Stadtkirche, Radler59, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hauptstraße 46 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lange Straße 71 Museums Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sankt-Nikolai-Kirche Luckau - geo.hlipp.de - 19925, Gregory Smith on geo.hlipp.de, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hauptstraße 51 Wohnhaus Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kirchplatz 1-4 Stadtschule Luckau, Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luckau Schloßberg, Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Luckau Spektrale 5 am Schlossberg, Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Panorama Luckau Schloß mit Weinberg, Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Höllberghof, LutzBruno, Public domain
- Dorfkirche Zieckau Suedwestansicht, Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Beesdau Dorfkirche 02, J.-H. Janßen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Walddrehna Kirche, Radler59, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dorfkirche Drahnsdorf, Engeser Original uploader was Engeser at de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Autobahnkirche Duben 05, J.-H. Janßen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ruedingsdorf Viertelmeilenstein1, Radler59, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bohnstedt-Gymnasium Haus II, Mheg123, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Luckau Kulturkirche, Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0
- FalkenbergKirche, Global Fish, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kuemmritz Herrenhaus, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Luckau (Łukow) - Roter Turm, Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kasel-Golzig Schloss-02, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wuestermarke Gefallenendenkmal, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pitschen Gasthaus Goerlich, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kuemmritz Dorfkirche, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wuestermarke Kirche, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kasel-Golzig Kirche, Radler59 ( talk ), CC BY-SA 4.0
- LC-Gorgenkapelle-4, SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Luckau Nikolaikirche außen 01, Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0
- Sielmanns Naturlandschaft Wanninchen, Assenmacher, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, fdmap, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, thetornado76, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, jenki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, jenki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, markers86, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, thetornado76, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, baldur80, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, dsmm, CC BY-SA 4.0
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