Luch (Landform)

The term originally referred to a broad Luch, vermoorte lowlands in northeast Germany, especially in Brandenburg. One finds Luche especially in the Jungmoränengebieten; but they also occur in the Altmoränenlandschaft.

Location and History

Luche have generally in the large glacial valleys or in its side valleys, the Urstromtalungen formed. After the end of the Ice Age resulted in a post-glacial rising water table to the emergence of Versumpfungsmooren. The peat depth is not usually large. In most cases it is less than 2 m. Before installation of artificial drainage networks excess water remained in the Luchen often in pools are. In contrast to the lowlands with natural watercourses of the name difference points to the neighboring " fractures " as the Oder in the east and the State reached by the Havel Hohennauen 's break in the West.

Most Luche in Brandenburg have now been transformed by humans and placed in culture. After the melioration they are now used commonly as grassland. Archaeologists like Klaus Goldmann consider that the reclamation partly began in the Slavic period, but later by deterioration of the flow conditions, such as the mill statue of Havel again were zunichtegemacht.

There are numerous Luche in Brandenburg, the larger well known throughout the country's borders. Some place names are derived from the term Luch. Examples are Luckenwalde and Doberlug.

If the summary is used Luch, the area of ​​Havelländisches lynx or Rhinluch is usually meant.

Word origin

For the origin of the word Luch there are several theories: attributable is the name most likely due to the inter-related Slavic words luza ( " swampy landscape ", also the landscape name Lusatia, in 1005 still Luzici, should it go back ) or lug (Polish LEG), the "wet meadow " means. In the oldest version of the place name Doberlug it is even handed with frikativem final position: " Dobraluh ". In some wetlands, the Slavic name was not taken phonetically, but translated, so when Friedlander big meadow, which was approved by the Terms forth until the 20th century from the bog to the meadow and meadow at Laßzins Peitz.

The introduction of the word by Dutch cultivators is less likely: the Dutch version of the same Indo-European root word is lek with the known in German meaning " the leak ", also name of a mouth arm of the Rhine, see Lek.

Examples

- Some of these Luche are also parts of listed major Luche -

• Golmer Luch
• Havelländisches Luch
• Rhinluch Kremmener Luch
• Wustrauer Luch

Documents

• Glacial Landform
• Geography (Brandenburg)
• Moor