Lübeck
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Lübeck (Low German: Lübęk, Lübeek; adjective: lübsch, lübisch, at the latest since the 19th century also Lübeck, Latin: Lubeca) is a city in the North of Germany, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. About 210,000 people live there. There is a university there.
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Hansestadt Lübeck | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Hanseatic City of Lübeck
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| Coordinates: 53°52′11″N 10°41′11″E / 53.86972°N 10.68639°ECoordinates: 53°52′11″N 10°41′11″E / 53.86972°N 10.68639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Urban districts of Germany |
| Subdivisions | 35 Stadtbezirke |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernd Saxe (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | CDU |
| Area | |
| • Total | 214.13 km2 (82.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2015-12-31) | |
| • Total | 218,523 |
| • Density | 1,020.516/km2 (2,643.12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 23501−23570 |
| Vehicle registration | HL (1906–1937; since 1956)[1] |
| Website | www |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 Aerial view of the old town | |
| Criteria | Cultural: iv |
| Reference | 272 |
| Inscription | 1987 (11th Session) |
| Area | 81.1 ha |
| Buffer zone | 693.8 ha |
The city's full name is Hansestadt Lübeck (Hanseatic city of Lubeck) in memory of its history. It was an important part in the Hanseatic League. The architecture of the city and the region as well is influenced by this historic period. As the Free City of Lübeck, the city was a state of the Weimar Republic. Other Hanseatic cities today are: Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Bremen, Greifswald and Demmin.
The most famous citizen is the author Günter Grass. He won the Nobel Prize in literature.
Luebeck has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Lübeck Media
Lübeck as illustrated in the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
Entry of the Fusilier battalion on June 18, 1871, in Lübeck
Hospital of the Holy Spirit, one of the oldest social institutions of Lübeck (1260)
Lübeck: Town hall as seen from the southwest at the Markt (Market)
Lübeck Cathedral and historic buildings at the Obertrave
Lübeck Sleeswijk-Holstein Salzspeicher Duitsland
Lübeck, Blick auf die Trave
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References
- ↑ Vehicles registered between 1937 and 1956 were given prefixes valid for all of Schleswig-Holstein: "I P" (1937–1945), "S" (1945–1947), "SH" (1947 only), "BS" (1948–1956).
Other websites
Media related to Lübeck at Wikimedia Commons
