Blücher
Appearance
Blücher may refer to:
People
[edit]- Blücher (surname)
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal who led the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Blücher (film), a 1988 Norwegian film
- Frau Blücher, a character in the 1974 film Young Frankenstein
- "Blücher", a song by power metal band Kamelot from their 2007 album Ghost Opera
- Blücher, a hand in the British card game Napoleon
Military
[edit]- Operation Blücher, one World War I and two World War II German army operations
- Blücher Order, an East German decoration named after Field Marshal Blücher
- Wolf pack Blücher, a German U-boat pack of World War II
- List of ships named Blucher, which includes warships (as well as civilian vessels)
Places
[edit]- Blücher, a former estate village of Blücher family, now district.
- Blucher, Saskatchewan, Canada, an unincorporated community
- Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343, Saskatchewan
- Blucher, Newcastle, a small district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Blucher Creek, California, United States
Transport
[edit]- List of ships named Blucher
- Blücher (locomotive), an early railway locomotive
Shoes
[edit]- Derby shoe, called a blucher in American English, whose laces tie over the tongue on two flaps
- Blucher shoe, a shoe with open lacing, similar to the derby, but with vamp in one piece
Other uses
[edit]- Blucher (horse) (died 1841), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
- Blücher, a boarding house at Wellington College, Berkshire, England
- Blücher, a manufacturer of stainless steel drainage systems
See also
[edit]- Blüchern, a gambling game that Field Marshal Blücher was said to have played