Lauchhammer

Lauchhammer (Łuchow, ) is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden.

History
From 1815 to 1944, Lauchhammer was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. From 1947 to 1952 it was part of Saxony-Anhalt and from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany.

Transport
Lauchhammer lies on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway and offers connections to Leipzig and Cottbus.

Notable people

 * Sven Benken (born 1970), footballer
 * Hans-Joachim Brauske (born 1943), boxer
 * Danny Breitfelder (born 1997), footballer
 * Thomas Gumpert (1952–2021), actor
 * Klaus Haertter (born 1952), fencer
 * Stefan Härtel (born 1988), boxer
 * Jens Kunath (born 1967), footballer
 * Annett Neumann (born 1970), track cyclist
 * Magdalena Schmidt (born 1949), gymnast
 * Sebastian Schuppan (born 1986), footballer
 * Mario Veit (born 1973), boxer
 * Annelore Zinke (born 1958), gymnast
 * Martin Zurawsky (born 1990), footballer