Lübeck
Sign in to saveLübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and the second-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, after its capital of Kiel. It is the 36th-largest city in Germany.
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Lübeck is a city in northern Germany with around 220,000 residents, making it the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and the second-largest in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It ranks as the 36th-largest city in all of Germany.
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- Lübeck
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- German place.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
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- Urban district
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- 214.13
- German place.postal_code
- 23501−23570
- German place.area_code
- 0451, 04502
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- From the Napoleonic wars to the Franco-Prussian war
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Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and the second-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, after its capital of Kiel. It is the 36th-largest city in Germany.
The city lies in the Holsatian part of Schleswig-Holstein, on the mouth of the Trave, which flows into the Bay of Lübeck in the borough of Travemünde, and on the Trave's tributary Wakenitz. The island with the historic old town and the districts north of the Trave are also located in the historical region of Wagria. Lübeck is the southwesternmost city on the Baltic Sea, and the closest point of access to the Baltic from Hamburg. The city lies in the Holsatian dialect area of Low German.
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