Lübeck

Lübeck was a fairly brief stop in our tour for such a lovely city. Lübeck is one of the oldest German cities having been founded for the third time in 1159. Always a center of shipping and commerce, Lübeck was an important city-state in the medieval Hanseatic League. It is also one of Germany's largest Baltic ports, located at the confluence of the Trave and Wakenitz Rivers in northern Germany. It is also the place where the well known confection Marzipan was invented. Notable citizens of the city include the former West German chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Willy Brandt and Thomas Mann, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929.

Additional information on Lübeck can be found here, and here.

Hansestadt Lübeck	5 spires	church tower	another view	town square walls
town square courtyard	Lübeck Market	Stairs to Nowhere	another church tower	Buxtehude was here
Lübeck Marienkirche	Marienkirche Church Tower	Marienkirche rear	Marienkirche Monument	Angel of Death
Marienkirche Organ	Marienkirche Ceiling	Marienkirche Clock	Thomas Mann "Buddenbrookhaus"	Buddenbrookhaus closeup