a small village in Ost Preussen (east Prussia) now Poland
Village Lucka - Łucka - Lukka - Luckau
pol. Luka Kreis Ortlelsburg / Allenstein (pol Szczytno) Ostpreussen
Was Lucka until 7/16/1933 than changed to Luckau
1933 357 inhabitants
1939 341 inhabitants
Near Fuerstenwalde, also known as Luckabude
Łuka (1945) (pol)
Lucka, now spelled Łuka (pronounced Wooka),
is 90 miles north of Warsaw, the Polish capitol, and is 120 miles southeast of the Baltic port of Gdansk (Danzig),
before WW2
on the border between Poland and the German province of East Prussia.
about 65 miles / 105 km from Liebemuehl where my grand father was born
As a result of World War II, most of East Prussia became part of Poland after 1945. Lucka, now spelled Łuka (pronounced Wooka), is 90 miles north of Warsaw, the Polish capitol, and is 120 miles southeast of the Baltic port of Gdansk (Danzig), where the shipyard workers have frequently gone on strike. The area around Lucka was (and is) called Masuria. The local regional capital at that time was Ortelsburg (now Szczytno), about 12 miles away. The present capital of Masuria is Allenstein (now Olsztyn), about 40 miles to the North. Königsberg, once the capital of East Prussia, is now called Kaliningrad, and is part of Russia. Lucka is only 60 miles from the Russian border.
Latitude 53.4333 Longitude 21.1667 Altitude (feet) 472
Lat (DMS) 53° 25' 60N Long (DMS) 21° 10' 0E Altitude (meters) 143
Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 5641 (year 2005)
Location: see Lucka in center (pre WW2)
a wider map (pre WW2)
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satelite image
location in relation to Poland
Łucka near Lubartów (Poland).
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