Landwehr (disambiguation)

Landwehr is a word of German origin (literally: "land defence") and may refer to:

Territorial armies
  • Landwehr, a type of national home guard or territorial army employed historically e.g. in Germany and Austria-Hungary.
    • k.k. Landwehr, the territorial army of the Austrian half of the Empire of Austria-Hungary
    • k.u. Landwehr, the territorial army of the Hungarian half of the Empire of Austria-Hungary
Fortified borders
  • Landwehr (border), a medieval border demarcation or fortified border around a settlement or territory in Europe

Landwehr is also the name of:

Places in Germany
  • Landwehr, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the county of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony
  • Landwehr (Golßen), a village in the borough of Golßen, Brandenburg
  • Landwehr (Halver), a farmstead in the borough of Halver in the county of Märkischen Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Landwehr (Menden), a village in the borough of Menden, Sauerland
  • Landwehr (Quarnbek), a village in the municipality of Quarnbek in the county of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
  • Landwehr (Radevormwald), part of Radevormwald in the county of Oberbergischen Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Landwehr, until 1938 Geswethen, county of Insterburg, East Prussia, since 1946: Nagornoje, settlement in Chernyakhovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
Other geographical or manmade features
People
  • Albrecht Landwehr, mayor of in Vohwinkel 1919–1929
  • Achim Landwehr (born 1968), German historian
  • Andreas Landwehr (borb 1959), German journalist
  • Gordian Landwehr (1912–1998), German Dominican prior
  • Gottfried Landwehr (1929–2013), German physicist
  • Heinrich Landwehr (1908–1974), German politician (SPD)
  • Hermann Landwehr (1884–1955), German lawyer and ministerial official
  • Johann Landwehr (recorded around 1658–1670), German artist, son of Jürgen Landwehr
  • Jürgen Landwehr (ca. 1580–1646) German artist
  • Karl-Heinrich Landwehr (born 1935), German company lawyer
  • Ludwig Landwehr (1897–1981), German politician
  • Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (born 1963), German composer
  • Mathis Landwehr (born 1980), German actor
  • Richard Landwehr, author of books about the Waffen-SS
  • Wilma Landwehr (1913–1981), German politician (SPD)
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