Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Lübeck, Germany

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Number of sights 24 sights
Distance 6.8 km
Ascend 99 m
Descend 105 m

Experience Lübeck in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Lübeck

Sight 1: Tor der Hoffnung

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The Gate of Hope is a listed residential complex with an associated park in Lübeck. It is located in the district of St. Gertrud in the district of Marli directly on the banks of the Wakenitz.

Wikipedia: Tor der Hoffnung (DE)

1683 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: Trägerstecksperre

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Trägerstecksperre Bundeswehr Verteidigungsbezirkskommando 47 Gießen / CC BY-SA 2.0 de

Prepared barriers are military-style devices on traffic facilities that, once triggered, are intended to slow down and channel an opponent's attack. A common form of prepared barriers are blast shafts.

Wikipedia: Vorbereitete Sperre (DE)

506 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: St. Johannis Jungfrauenkloster

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St. Johannis Jungfrauenkloster

The St. John's Monastery in Lübeck was founded as a Benedictine monastery by Bishop Henry I at the time of Henry the Lion and dedicated to John the Evangelist in 1177. It belonged to the diocese of Lübeck. After it was a double convent in the meantime, it was converted into a Cistercian convent in 1246 and continued as a virgin convent after the Reformation until 1803.

Wikipedia: St.-Johannis-Kloster (Lübeck) (DE)

322 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Günter-Grass-Haus

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Günter-Grass-Haus

The Günter Grass House is a building and museum in Lübeck's old town dedicated to the literary, painterly and sculptural work of the Nobel Prize winner for literature Günter Grass, who lived near Lübeck in his old age. The sponsor of the house, which opened in October 2002, is the Cultural Foundation of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Günter-Grass-Haus (DE), Website

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Museumskirche Sankt Katharinen

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Museumskirche Sankt Katharinen Unbekannter Fotograf / PD-alt-100

The St. Catherine's Monastery in Lübeck existed as a monastery of the Friars Minor from 1225 until the Reformation in 1531.

Wikipedia: Katharinenkloster Lübeck (DE)

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Willy-Brandt-Haus

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Willy-Brandt-Haus Olaf Malzahn / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The Willy-Brandt-Haus in Lübeck is a museum and a memorial to the late politician Federal Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Willy Brandt, of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Wikipedia: Willy Brandt House, Lübeck (EN), Website

359 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Behnhaus Drägerhaus

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Behnhaus Drägerhaus 1970gemini / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Behnhaus is an art museum in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany, and part of its World Heritage Site.

Wikipedia: Behnhaus (EN), Website

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Overbeck-Gesellschaft - Verein von Kunstfreunden e.V.

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The Overbeck-Gesellschaft – Verein von Kunstfreunden e. V. is the Kunstverein in Lübeck and a subsidiary of the Society for the Promotion of Non-Profit Activities.

Wikipedia: Overbeck-Gesellschaft (DE), Website

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Cubecrack

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Sculptures and objects in Lübeck lists panorama-free sculptures and objects in the city of Lübeck that do not commemorate a specific person or event as a monument. Since they are often nameless, they are assigned to the alphabetically listed artists here. If a monument is associated with a specific person or a historical event, it should be entered in the list of memorials and monuments in Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Skulpturen und Objekte in Lübeck (DE)

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Gertrudenherberge

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The Gertrudenherberge is a medieval pilgrims' hostel in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. The facility, named after Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of pilgrims, originally belonged to the Holy Spirit Hospital. It is one of the recently rediscovered and thus only very late protected monuments of the medieval World Heritage on Lübeck's old town island.

Wikipedia: Gertrudenherberge (DE)

252 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: St.-Jakobi-Kirche

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St. James' Church is one of the five main Evangelical Lutheran parish churches in Lübeck's old town, Germany.

Wikipedia: St James' Church, Lübeck (EN)

270 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Bruno Katz

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The list of stumbling stones in Lübeck gives an overview of the stumbling stones laid by the artist Gunter Demnig in the city of Lübeck. This list is based on the data provided by the Stolpersteine für Lübeck initiative.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Lübeck (DE)

273 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Stadttheater

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The Theater Lübeck is one of the largest theaters in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is managed by Theater Lübeck GmbH, a state-owned company of the Hansestadt Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Theater Lübeck (EN), Website

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: St. Mary's Church

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St. Mary's Church Arnold Paul / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Lübeck Marienkirche is a medieval basilica in the city centre of Lübeck, Germany. Built between 1265 and 1352, the church is located on the highest point of Lübeck's old town island within the Hanseatic merchants' quarter, which extends uphill from the warehouses on the River Trave to the church. As the main parish church of the citizens and the city council of Lübeck, it was built close to the town hall and the market.

Wikipedia: St. Mary's Church, Lübeck (EN)

14 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Kriegerdenkmal

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The war memorial of the St. Mary's parish in Lübeck was inaugurated on the Sunday of the Dead in 1929 in memory of those who died in the First World War.

Wikipedia: Ehrenmal der Sankt Marien-Gemeinde (Lübeck) (DE)

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Marienwerkhaus

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The Marienwerkhaus is a building in Lübeck's old town. Today it serves as the parish hall of the Mariengemeinde.

Wikipedia: Marienwerkhaus (DE)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Lübeck

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Lübeck, officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and the second-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, after its capital of Kiel, and is the 36th-largest city in Germany.

Wikipedia: Lübeck (EN)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: St.-Petri Kultur- und Universitätskirche

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St. Peter's Church is a place of worship in Lübeck, Germany, that was first mentioned in 1170. Over the centuries, it was rebuilt several times until construction of the church was completed in the 15th century. During the Second World War, St. Petri suffered severe damage and the restoration was not completed until 1987. Since the furnishings could not be restored, only special services take place in the church. As a city church without a congregation, it is mainly used for cultural and religious events as well as art exhibitions.

Wikipedia: St Peter's Church, Lübeck (EN), Website

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: TheaterFigurenMuseum

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TheaterFigurenMuseum / GPL

The Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets is a museum of international puppetry in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany.

Wikipedia: Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets (EN)

215 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Saltware Houses

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The Salzspeicher, of Lübeck, Germany, are six historic brick buildings on the Upper Trave River next to the Holstentor.

Wikipedia: Salzspeicher (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Holsten Gate

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The Holsten Gate is a city gate marking off the western boundary of the old center of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Built in 1464, the Brick Gothic construction is one of the relics of Lübeck's medieval city fortifications and one of two remaining city gates, the other being the Citadel Gate (Burgtor). Known for its two-round towers and arched entrance, it is regarded today as a symbol of the city. Together with the old city centre (Altstadt) of Lübeck it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.

Wikipedia: Holstentor (EN)

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 22: Gedenkstein Befreiung 1945

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Erinnerungs- und Denkmale in Lübeck is a list of panorama-free sculptures, objects, memorial plaques and commemorative plaques in the city of Lübeck, which commemorate a certain person or event as a monument. They are arranged in chronological order of the topics listed.

Wikipedia: Erinnerungs- und Denkmale in Lübeck (DE)

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Holstentorhalle

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The Holstentorhalle is a listed former trade fair and exhibition hall of Brick Expressionism in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein). In 2007, after extensive renovation, the hall was handed over to the Lübeck University of Music as a practice and teaching building.

Wikipedia: Holstentorhalle (DE)

1008 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 24: Bugenhagen Schule

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The list of cultural monuments in Lübeck-St. Lorenz describes cultural monuments in the district of Lübeck-St. Lorenz of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Liste_der_Kulturdenkmale_in_Lübeck-St._Lorenz (DE)

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