Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Lüneburg, Germany

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 3.5 km
Ascend 48 m
Descend 31 m

Experience Lüneburg 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 Lüneburg

Sight 1: Theater Lüneburg

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Theater Lüneburg Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Theater Lüneburg is a three-genre theatre in Lüneburg with its own ensembles for drama, music theatre and ballet. The venues are the Großes Haus with 542 seats, the Studio T.NT with 99 seats and the Young Theatre T.3.

Wikipedia: Theater Lüneburg (DE), Website, Website

690 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Alte Ratsapotheke

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Alte Ratsapotheke Angela M. Arnold, Berlin (=44Pinguine) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Alte Ratsapotheke is a pharmacy in the historic centre of the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg. The current building was completed in 1598 after extensive renovation work, it replaced a previous building from earlier centuries and is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: Alte Ratsapotheke (Lüneburg) (DE)

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Adolf Schickler

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The list of stumbling stones in Lüneburg contains all stumbling stones that were laid in Lüneburg as part of the project of the same name by Gunter Demnig. They are intended to commemorate victims of National Socialism who lived and worked in Lüneburg

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Lüneburg (DE), Website

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Altes Rathaus

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The Lüneburg Town Hall is the headquarters of the council and administration of the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. The building complex was built around 1230 and has been expanded over centuries. It is an example of medieval and early modern secular architecture in northern Germany.

Wikipedia: Lüneburger Rathaus (DE)

45 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Heinrich-Heine-Haus

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The Heinrich-Heine-Haus in Lüneburg is a patrician house from the 15th/16th century, in which the parents of the poet Heinrich Heine lived. It is now used by municipal authorities and cultural institutions and contains a scholarship apartment for writers.

Wikipedia: Heinrich-Heine-Haus (Lüneburg) (DE)

300 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: St. Nicolai

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St. Nicolai is a church and Lutheran parish in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is one of three main churches in the town, all built in brick Gothic style. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a basilica with three naves, built from 1407 to 1440. It features a "star" rib vault that is unique in Northern Germany. When the Reformation was introduced in Lüneburg in 1530, the church became Lutheran. The high steeple was added in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: St. Nicolai, Lüneburg (EN), Website, Heritage Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Alter Kran

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The Old Crane is a historic harbour crane at the former Ilmenau harbour in Lüneburg. The crane, built in 1797 and one of the most powerful in all of northern Germany at the time, still shapes the image of the water district today and is considered one of the city's landmarks.

Wikipedia: Alter Kran (Lüneburg) (DE)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Gedenkstein Standort Jüdische Synagoge

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Gedenkstein Standort Jüdische Synagoge

The synagogue in Lüneburg was the religious center of the local Jewish community. The foundation stone was laid in 1892 on the street Am Schifferwall, and the synagogue was inaugurated in 1894.

Wikipedia: Synagoge (Lüneburg) (DE)

810 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 9: Gedenkstein Johanna Stegen

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Gedenkstein Johanna Stegen

Johanna Stegen, was a German woman of the Napoleonic Wars.

Wikipedia: Johanna Stegen (EN)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: St. Michaelis

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St. Michaelis is one of the main churches in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was first an abbey church of the former monastery of Benedictines, built from 1376 in brick Gothic style. It became Lutheran during the Reformation. Johann Sebastian Bach was for two years a pupil at the school of St. Michaelis.

Wikipedia: St. Michaelis, Lüneburg (EN), Website, Heritage Website

582 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: Kalkberg

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The Lüneburg Kalkberg is the cap rock of a salt dome in the western part of the German town of Lüneburg. The Kalkberg was a gypsum mine during the Middle Ages, but is today a Naturschutzgebiet and a common meeting place for city residents.

Wikipedia: Lüneburg Kalkberg (EN)

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