Hanseatic City of Lübeck World Heritage Site

Official name

Hanseatic City of Lübeck | UNESCO

Country

Germany | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

State of Schleswig-Holstein
53.8666° Lat, 10.6916° Lon | Map

Code

272

Time Zone

Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1987. Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered.