Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | Wappen Lucka.png |
Coordinates: | 51.095°N 12.3353°W |
Image Plan: | Lucka in ABG.png |
State: | Thüringen |
District: | Altenburger Land |
Elevation: | 150 |
Area: | 12.99 |
Postal Code: | 04613 |
Area Code: | 034492 |
Licence: | ABG |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 16 0 77 028 |
Divisions: | 3 |
Website: | www.lucka.de |
Mayor: | Kathrin Backmann-Eichhorn[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 25 |
Lucka is a town in the Thuringian landkreis of Altenburger Land.
The settlement of the area around Lucka occurred in the early Stone Age (5000-2500 b.c.). Lucka was first mentioned in writing in 1320 as "opidum Luckowe". The area was also the site of a battle in 1307 between the Habsburgs and the Wettins. Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Lucka was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Leipzig of East Germany.
See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany.
Lucka is twinned with:
Lucka is divided into three parts: the town itself, Breitenhain and Prößdorf.