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Lüchow is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the town Lüchow.
A Samtgemeinde is an administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is equivalent with the Amt, and the Verbandsgemeinde (Rhineland-Palatinate). It is an association of municipalities, which executes administrative duties for its member municipalities. A Samtgemeinde should have at least 7,000 inhabitants. The tasks of the Samtgemeinden may be land use planning, wastewater disposal, social security or the organisation of cemeteries and fire stations. It also takes over the sponsorship of elementary schools, the construction of local connecting roads, equipment and entertainment of libraries, sports sites and establishment of other public equipment and can take over other tasks of the member municipalities, for instance, tourism. A large part of the municipalities of Lower Saxony has united to Samtgemeinden.
Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is usually referred to as Hanoverian Wendland or Wendland. It is bounded by the districts of Uelzen and Lüneburg and the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt.
Lower Saxony is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,624 km2 (18,388 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.
The Samtgemeinde Lüchow consists of the following municipalities:
- Bergen an der Dumme
- Clenze
- Küsten
- Lemgow
- Luckau (Wendland)
- Lübbow
- Lüchow
- Schnega
- Trebel
- Waddeweitz
- Woltersdorf
- Wustrow
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Coordinates: 52°58′N11°09′E / 52.967°N 11.150°E
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