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Lübeck ( ) (population ( 2001): 215,330) is the second largets city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany. It was a member of the Hanseatic League and is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.Lübeck is situated at the Trave river. The old part of the town is an island enclosed by the Trave and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal. The borough Travemünde is at the coast of the Baltic Sea.
1 Buildings
The old town is dominated by seven church steeples. The eldest ones are the Dom and the Marienkirche (Saint Mary), both from the 13th and 14th centuries. Once the town could only be entered by passing one of four town gates, of which the Holstentor ( 1478Events February 18 George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. April 26 The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in) is the best known. The entire old town has kept a medievalThe Middle Ages formed the middle period in a schematic division of European history into three 'ages': Classical civilization, the Middle Ages, and Modern Civilization. It is commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire ( 5th century) until th look with old buildings and narrow streets.
2 History
Originally Lübeck was inhabited by Slavic peoplesThe Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. They speak Slavic languages and reside chiefly in the east of that continent, but are also found in Asia east to the Pacific Ocean. Ethno-cultural subdivisions One c, who settled at the Trave banks some kilometres outside the today town centre. They were subdued in 1158Events January 11 Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia End of the formal reign of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan, also the beginning of his cloistered rule, which will last to his death in 1192. Emperor Nijo ascends to the throne of Japan. British Pound St by Henry the LionHenry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral Henry the Lion ( 1129/ 1131 August 6 1195; in German, Heinrich der Lowe was Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156, both until 1180. He was the, who newly founded the city. In the 14th century Lübeck became the "Queen of the Hanseatic League", being by far the largest and most powerful member of this medieval trade organisation, before the sister city of GdanskFor alternative meanings of Gdansk and Danzig, see Gdansk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation Gdansk (pronounced: Media:Gdansk. ogg|[gdask]]]) is the 6th largest city in Poland, its principal seaport, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodship. took over lead in the Hansa. In 1533Events January 25 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. March 30 Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury May 23 King Henry VIII of England marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled. Catherin an armed conflict with DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe led to the loss of the power.
3 Miscellaneous
Thomas Mann and Willy Brandt were born in Lübeck.
Lübeck is very famous for its excellent Marzipan industry, and Marzipan was believed to have been invented in Lübeck possibly in response to either a military siege of the city, or a famine year. The story, perhaps apocryphal, is that the town ran out of all foods except stored almonds and sugar and made loaves of Marzipan "bread" with it.
Others believe that Marzipan was actually invented in Persia a few hundred years before Lübeck claims to have invented it.
