LÜBECK
Sightseeing
History I
Sightseeing I
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Symbol of the city is the
Holstentor
(gate), which until recently appeared on the DM 50 banknote. It was
built in 1464 to protect the harbor. The structure today houses the
Museum of Municipal History.
Henry the Lion in 1173 laid the cornerstone of Lübeck's oldest building,
the
Dom (Cathedral). The nave is in Romanesque style, while the aisles
and choir are Gothic. Further churches testify to the flurry of
construction in the early Middle Ages, primarily in the Gothic era. Well
worth seeing are: Ägidienkirche (14th century), Jakobikirche (13th
century) in famous North German brick Gothic, St. Catherine's Church
(13th century) with statues by Ernst Barlach and Gerhard Marcks,
Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church, late 12th century) with the world's
largest mechanical organ, and St. Peter's (13th century).
With the exception of the
Rathaus (Town Hall),
built over a period of
some 300 years from the 13th century, most of the secular buildings date
from the Renaissance and the early Baroque. Particularly noteworthy are
the Füchtingshof and Glandorps-Gang and Glandorps-Hof, housing for
widows of mariners and merchants. The Zeughaus (armory) and St. Anne's
Convent are today used as Museums of Ethnology and
Municipal Art and
Cultural History. Also intriguing are the
Buddenbrook Haus,
(dedicated to the important German family of writers, the Family Mann) the
Schabbelhaus, the Schiffergesellschaft (House of the Seamen's Guild) and
the Burgkloster.
Built 1579 in the immediate vicinity of Holstentor was the first Salt
Warehouse, followed around 1600 by two more. Stored here was the
Lüneburg salt coveted by all the world, the cornerstone of our city's
affluence through many centuries.
(Information courtesy :
The
historic highlights of Germany - Watch the beautiful picture gallery
here !)
