Travemünde

Also known as Travemunde

thumb|Travemünde beach, showing its characteristic roofed wicker beach chairs (Strandkorb in German) thumb|Barque Passat (ship)|Passat in Travemünde Travemünde () is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, and the Danes subsequently strengthened it. It became a town in 1317 and in 1329 passed into the possession of the free city of Lübeck, to which it has since belonged. Its fortifications were demolished in 1807.