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Also known as Liubech

Liubice, also known by the German name Alt-Lübeck ("Old Lübeck"), was a medieval West Slavic settlement near the site of modern Lübeck, Germany. Liubice was located at the confluence of the Schwartau with the Trave across from Teerhof Island, approximately four kilometres north of Lübeck's island old town. The residence of Henry, the Christian prince of the Obotrites, Liubice was destroyed after his death by the Rani pagans of Rugia.

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Instance of
gord
Country
Germany
Owned by
Varangians
Image
Alt Lübeck Kirche.jpg
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Commons category
Liubice
cause of destruction
war
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1138-00-00
replaced by
Lübeck
time of earliest written record
1100-00-00

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Liubice, also known by the German name Alt-Lübeck ("Old Lübeck"), was a medieval West Slavic settlement near the site of modern Lübeck, Germany. Liubice was located at the confluence of the Schwartau with the Trave across from Teerhof Island, approximately four kilometres north of Lübeck's island old town. The residence of Henry, the Christian prince of the Obotrites, Liubice was destroyed after his death by the Rani pagans of Rugia.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liubice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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