What is "lischke"

The surname Lischke may refer to:

• Karl Emil Lischke (1819–1886), German lawyer, politician, diplomat, best known as amateur naturalist
• Mike Lischke, developer of GLScene
• Wolfgang Lischke, German football player and coach

Lischke may refer to:

• Lischke (settlement)
• Lischke (surname)

Lischke (lisca, liske) was a type of Old Prussian settlement. Lischkes were spontaneously grown settlements in geographically strategic places, so that often they have grown into towns. Often they grew under the protection of castles. The population was mainly innkeepers, craftsmen and merchants.Rolf Siemon: Lischke, referring to:

• Ludat, Herbert: Vorstufen und Entstehung des Städtewesens in Osteuropa. Köln-Braunsfeld 1955.
• Weise, Erich (Hrsg.): Handbuch der historischen Stätten: Ost- und Westpreußen. Stuttgart 1966 (unveränderter Nachdruck).