Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lübeck, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 69 m
Descend 67 m

Explore Lübeck in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Lübeck

Sight 1: Stein des St. Jürgen-Stiftes

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The list of monuments in Lübeck lists the monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck according to the status of the list of monuments of the Department of Archaeology and Monument Preservation of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck from 2018. The monuments are listed in the list of cultural monuments in Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Liste der Bodendenkmale in Lübeck (DE)

723 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 2: Museum für Natur und Umwelt

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Museum für Natur und Umwelt

The Museum of Nature and Environment of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck is a natural history museum in Lübeck, Germany, which was first opened in 1893.

Wikipedia: Museum für Natur und Umwelt Lübeck (DE), Website

49 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Cathedral

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Lübeck Cathedral is a large brick-built Lutheran cathedral in Lübeck, Germany and part of the Lübeck World Heritage Site. It was started in 1173 by Henry the Lion as a cathedral for the Bishop of Lübeck. It was partly destroyed in a bombing raid in World War II (1942), when the Arp Schnitger organ was destroyed by fire, but was subsequently reconstructed.

Wikipedia: Lübeck Cathedral (EN), Website

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Arabella

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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 here to the artists listed alphabetically. Insofar as 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)

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Denkmal für im Nationalsozialismus verfolgte Homosexuelle in Lübeck

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

Wikipedia: Erinnerungs- und Denkmale in Lübeck (DE)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Propsteikirche Herz Jesu

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Propsteikirche Herz Jesu

The Sacred Heart Church is the main Roman Catholic church in Lübeck. It was built in 1888 and consecrated on 10 May 1891.

Wikipedia: Sacred Heart Church, Lübeck (EN)

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Alfons Aron Emmering

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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 Initiative Stolpersteine für Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Lübeck (DE)

28 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Brömserhof

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The Brömserhof is a small palace of the late Baroque in the Aegidienviertel of Lübeck's old town.

Wikipedia: Brömserhof (Lübeck) (DE)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Jordan Pleskow

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Jordan Pleskow

Jordan Pleskow was a German councillor and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Jordan Pleskow (DE)

444 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Rehderbrücke

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Rehderbrücke Aus dem Pool gemeinfreier historischer Kartenwerke der Universität von Texas / PD-alt-100

The Rehderbrücke is a street and bridge of the same name on the edge of the old town of Lübeck.

Wikipedia: Rehderbrücke (DE)

870 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: 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 12: 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 13: Marienwerkhaus

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The Marienwerkhaus is a building in the old town of Lübeck, Germany. It now serves as the parish hall of the Marian parish.

Wikipedia: Marienwerkhaus (DE)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: 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 15: 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

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: 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 17: 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)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: 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 an 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 19: Bugenhagen Schule

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

Wikipedia: Liste_der_Kulturdenkmale_in_Lübeck-St._Lorenz (DE)

592 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 20: Bunker Töpferweg

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The Töpferweg bunker is a former air-raid shelter in Lübeck-St. Lorenz and is located near the Drägerwerk.

Wikipedia: Bunker Töpferweg (DE)

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