SIGHTSEEING TOUR
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
   
 
  
  
  -  "Holstentor", the emblem of Lübeck, built in 1464-1478: 
    
  
-  "Puppenbrücke" (bridge with sandstone statues): 
    
  
-  "Rathaus" and "Marktplatz":
    
  
-  "Marienkirche", built in the 13th and 14th century, took
       French cathedrals as an example and aimed to outdo the Dom:
    
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         "Marienkirche" as seen from the "Petrikirche" (80 KB)
    
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         view from the "Holstenhafen" (78 KB)
    
 
-  Old 
       vessels at the "Holstenhafen" (88 KB)
  
-  "Koberg" with
    
    
  
-  "Burgtor", town gate from the 13th century:
    
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         "Burgtor" as seen from within the city (49 KB)
    
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         "Burgtor" with part of the old city wall (32 KB)
    
 
-  "Heiligen-Geist-Hospital" from 1284, hospital for ill
       and old people: 
    
  
-  "Aegidienkirche"
       (built on the basis of a church
       with one nave from the 13th century, church steeple reworked in
       1840) (13 KB)
  
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       "Mühlenbrücke" near the "Alte
       Seefahrtschule" (120 KB) 
  
-  "Alte Seefahrtschule" (former merchant navy training college):
    
  
-  "Dom" and "Skyline" of Lübeck:
    
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         "Skyline": Dom, Petrikirche, Marienkirche,
         Jakobikirche, Aegidienkirche (from left to right, all
         churches built between 1170 and 1220) - seven
         church steeples, representatives of the "Norddeutsche
         Backsteingotik" (Gothic architecture built in brick)  (69 KB)
    
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         "Dom" (founded in 1173 by "Heinrich dem
         Löwen") (67 KB)
    
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         "Dom" by night  (61 KB)
    
 
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       Fishing at the Obertrave (50 KB)
  
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       "Petrikirche" from the first half of the 13th
       century, with the "Marienkirche" in the background (45 KB)  
  
  Some further impressions:
  
  
  
  
  
© Map of Lübeck taken from "gewusstwo -
  Branchenadressbuch" by Verlag Schmidt-Römhild
  Lübeck 
  
© Pictures by :K. Genther, A. Jakoby, S. Weis
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