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0 Street-by-Street: Lübeck View of the Town VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Lübeck and its seven towers can
This “specific nest”, as Lübeck was described by its most famous be seen from afar. Virtually all the Practical Information
tourist attractions are in the old
resident, Thomas Mann, is well worth a visit. The most important town, which is enclosed by the Road map D2. * 215,000.
town in the Baltic basin by the end of the Middle Ages, it is now river Trave and its channels. n Holstentorplatz 1 (0451-88 99
700). _ Historischer Hansemarkt
a magnet for fans of Backsteingotik, Gothic brick architecture (May); Travemuende Week (Jul),
which has been elevated to a national style. In Lübeck it is easy Sail Travemuende (Aug);
to see why: church interiors, the façades of buildings, the city Kunsthandwerker-
gates, the unique town hall and even the medieval hospital Weihnachtsmarkt (Dec).
resemble pictures from an illustrated history of architecture Transport
brought to life. The city was beautifully rebuilt after the £ Am Bahnhof.
destruction of World War II and enjoys a positive revival.

St Anne’s Museum
Buddenbrookhaus Rathaus This museum, housed inside
This beautiful Gothic Germany’s most famous brick an Augustinian convent,
building was once the town hall, dating from 1226, portrays life and culture in
home of Nobel-prize- has unusual walls and turrets. 0 metres 150 13th–18th-century Lübeck.
winning author
Thomas Mann’s 0 yards 150
grandparents. It is
now a museum
dedicated to the
Mann family. B R E I T E S T R A S S S T A N N E N – S T R A S S E
B R E I T E S T R A S S E E
Freilichtbühne
Heiligen-Geist-Hospital
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. Marienkirche G R U
St Mary’s Church, larger than the T S
cathedral and situated behind the R
town hall, holds great art treasures. A
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Petrikirche Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Holstentor The church of St Peter, This 19th-century Catholic
This gate, once the only entrance from the first half of the church houses a memorial
into Lübeck, was built by Hinrich 14th century, is Lübeck’s to four clergymen who . Dom
Helmstede in the years 1466–78, only five-naved church. were executed during The cathedral, begun in 1173 at the
based on Flemish designs. It has the Third Reich for their time of Henry the Lion and completed
become the emblem of the town. opposition to the war. in 1230, is 130 m (426 ft) long.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp502–503 and pp531–2

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