Łuków
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Łuków is also the Sorbian name for Luckau in Germany.

Łuków
Railroad station in Łuków
Coat of arms
Łuków
Coordinates: 51°55′N 22°23′E / 51.917, 22.383
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Łuków County
Gmina	Łuków (urban gmina)
Government
- Mayor	Zbigniew Zemło
Area
- Total	35.75 km2 (13.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	30,564
- Density	854.9/km2 (2,214.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	21-400
Car plates	LLU
Website: http://www.lukow.pl

Łuków ˈwukuf is a city in eastern Poland with 30,727 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. Since 1999, it has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, previously it had been part of the Siedlce Voivodeship (from 1975-1998). It is the capital of Łuków County.

Łuków, which historically belongs to Lesser Poland, was established about 1233 as a stronghold guarding eastern border of Poland against Yotvingians and Lithuanians - tribes from the East. Between 1250 and 1257 Bolesław V the Chaste- a sovereign of Poland, a prince of Kraków and Sandomierz, located the Knights Templar in Łuków. Originally, it belonged to the Sandomierz Voivodeship, but in 1474, it became part of the Lublin Voivodeship (1474-1795). Lukow was incorporated as a city in 1403, by King Wladyslaw Jagiello.

Transport

Łuków is an important railroad junction, located on the strategic east-west line from Brest-Litovsk to Warsaw and Berlin. Other lines stemming from Łuków are the connections to Deblin and to Skierniewice.

Education

• 1 Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Administracji
• Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych im. Henryka Sienkiewicza

Town-clock at Freedom and Solidarity Plaza, Łuków

External links

• Town Official website

v • d • e Gminas of Łuków County Urban gminas: Łuków (seat) • Stoczek Łukowski Rural gminas: Gmina Adamów • Gmina Krzywda • Gmina Łuków • Gmina Serokomla • Gmina Stanin • Gmina Stoczek Łukowski • Gmina Trzebieszów • Gmina Wojcieszków • Gmina Wola Mysłowska

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Coordinates: 51°56′N 22°23′E / 51.933, 22.383

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