lübeck
states: [germany]
category: cultural
year: 1987
location: State of Schleswig-Holstein
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 53.8666700000, 10.6916700000
visited: 2022
Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered.
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