Lübeck Budget Travel Guide is written to provide useful travel tips to those who are planning to visit this city in northern Germany. I hope that through my description, you will have all the necessary details to visit Lübeck. Also listed on this page are the tourist attractions that you may want to visit while you are there.
About Lübeck
Lübeck is a city in northern Germany. It is the second largest city in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. The city is a major port, but attained the height of its glory in the 14th century, when it was the most powerful member of a trading bloc known as the Hanseatic League.
Lübeck is located on the Trave River. The Old Town is on an island surrounded by the river. It remains the biggest German port facing the Baltic Sea. The city has a population of 211,000 and covers an area of 214 sq km. Due to its significance during medieval times, Lübeck has numerous heritage buildings of Brick Gothic architectural style. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site entitled the Hanseatic City of Lübeck in 1987.
Budget travelers can fly to Lübeck Airport (LBC) from London-Stansted, Dublin, Stockholm-Skavsta, Milan, Pisa, Barcelona-Girona, Frankfurt-Hahn, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante and Alghero. From the airport, you can take public bus number 6 to the Lübeck railway station. The journey takes about 20 minutes.
You can also drive to Lübeck from Hamburg, which is just 60 km southwest of it on Autobahn A1. There are also trains from Hamburg and Kiel as well as from Copenhagen.
Budget Travel within Lübeck
The Old Town (Altstadt) of Lübeck is best explored on foot. Most of the sights are within walking distance. Additional tourist information can be obtained at the City Hall (Rathaus, on Breite Straße) or at the visitor centre opposite Holstentor.
Here I list out the places that you might want to visit, in alphabetical order:
Buddenbroookhaus This lovely house was once the home of Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann.
Burgtor Castle gate on the northern part of the town limits.
Dom The Lübeck Cathedral, began in 1173 and completed in 1230.
Füchtigshof An interesting courtyard, or Höfe, through charming, narrow streets, on the eastern part of Lübeck.
Haus der Schiffergesellschaft House of the Marine Guild, dating to 1535, has a beautiful interior, today housing an elegant restaurant.
Heiliger-Geist-Hospital The Holy Ghost Hospital, built in the shape of the letter T, is the best preserved medieval building of its kind in Central Europe.
Herz-Jesu-Kirche 19th century Catholic church with a memorial to four clergymen executed by the Nazis for their opposition to the war.
Holstentor The icon of Lübeck, this gate was once the only entrance into the city. It was built in 1466-78, at the height of the city's glory.
Jacobikirche 15th century church with its beautiful Baroque features still well preserved and undamaged by World War II.
Katharinenkirche St Catherine's Church is the only surviving monastic church by the Franciscans in Lübeck.
Kunsthalle St-Annen Museum housed in a former Augustinian convent showcasing the lifestyle and culture from the 13th to the 18th century in Lübeck.
Marienkirche The St Mary's Church is bigger than the cathedral. It is situated behind the town hall.
Petrikirche The Church of St Peter is the only five-nave church in Lübeck.
Rathaus The Lübeck Town House is also the most famous town house in Germany. It dates from 1226.
Schabbelhaus One of the most interesting patrician houses in Mengstrasse is No. 48, built in 1558, with a magnificent Baroque hall added in the 18th century.
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