Four 3D lanthanide organic frameworks from potassium pyrazine-2, 3, 5, 6-tetracarboxylate (K4pztc) or potassium pyridine-2, 3, 5, 6-tetracarboxylate (K4pdtc), namely, {[KEu(pztc)(H2O)2] ·H2O} n ( 1), {[KTb(pztc)(H2O)2] ·1.25H2O} n ( 2), {[K Ln(pdtc)(H2O)] ·H2O} n [ Ln = Gd ( 3), Ho ( 4)], were synthesized by reaction of the corresponding lanthanide oxides with K4pztc or K4pdtc in presence of HCl under hydrothermal conditions, and characterized by elemental analysis, TGA, IR and fluorescence spectroscopy as well as X-ray diffraction. In complexes 1 and 2, the dodecadentate chelator pztc4- links four LnIII ions and four KI ions. The coordination mode of the pztc4- ligand is reported for the first time herein. Complexes 3 and 4 are isostructural with earlier reported Nd, Dy, Er complexes. Moreover, the EuIII and TbIII complexes exhibit the characteristic luminescence.