Luckau (Wendland)

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Luckau
Municipality
Location of Luckau within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
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Coordinates: 52°56′N 11°03′E / 52.933°N 11.050°E / 52.933; 11.050
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow
Subdivisions	10 Ortsteile
Area
• Total	22.18 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	569
• Density	26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29487
Dialling codes	05843
Vehicle registration	DAN

Luckau is a village or Gemeinde (municipality) in the south of the Kreis (local government district) of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, Germany, where it forms part of the Samtgemeinde (joint municipal association) of Lüchow.

The village lies some eight kilometres southwest of Lüchow itself, the administrative centre of both the Kreis and the Samtgemeinde. The southern border of the municipality coincides with that between the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Situated in the region known as the Wendland, Luckau is one of the rundlings (villages arranged in a circle around a common) that are characteristic of the area. The name Luckau comes from the Slavic lauck, signifying a leek- or onion-field.