Blücher may refer to:

People

  • Blücher (surname)
  • Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal who led the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo

Arts and entertainment

  • 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

  • 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

  • Blucher, Saskatchewan, Canada, an unincorporated community
  • Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343, Saskatchewan
  • Blücher, Germany, a former estate village of the Blücher family, now a district of Besitz
  • Blucher, Newcastle, a small district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • Blucher Creek, California, United States

Transport

  • List of ships named Blucher
  • Blücher (locomotive), an early railway locomotive

Shoes

  • 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

  • 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

  • Blüchern, a gambling game that Field Marshal Blücher was said to have played
  • Blutcher