Church · Old Town (Altstadt), Schleswig-Holstein
St. Mary's Church (Lübeck)
St. Mary's Church (St. Marien) is the Gothic brick church at the market in the centre of Lübeck's old town, whose two towers rise 125 metres.
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Lübeck
Lübeck is a Hanseatic city in Schleswig-Holstein whose medieval old town core was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1987; the city's tourism site says the decision rested on the planned street layout preserved to this day, the original historic buildings and the skyline of five Gothic brick churches with seven towers. XTOUR maps the Holsten Gate, St. Mary's Church, Lübeck Cathedral and the European Hansemuseum in the city.
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Historic site · Schleswig-Holstein
Holsten Gate
The Holsten Gate (Holstentor) is Lübeck's twin-towered city gate, built in 1464 to 1478, which today houses the Museum Holstentor.
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Church · Old Town (Altstadt), Schleswig-Holstein
Lübeck Cathedral
Lübeck Cathedral (Dom zu Lübeck) is the Lutheran cathedral church in the south of Lübeck's old town, whose foundation stone Henry the Lion and Bishop Henry I laid in 1173.
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Museum · Old Town (Altstadt), Schleswig-Holstein
European Hansemuseum
The European Hansemuseum (Europäisches Hansemuseum) is a museum of the history of the Hanseatic League at the foot of the Castle Hill on Lübeck's old town island, opened in 2015 and joined to the medieval Castle Friary (Burgkloster).
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Gallery · Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg
Hamburger Kunsthalle
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is an art museum in Hamburg, in three buildings between the Inner and Outer Alster next to the main railway station, with collections from medieval altarpieces to contemporary art.
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Historic site · Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg
Hamburg City Hall
Hamburg City Hall is the Rathaus on the Rathausmarkt in central Hamburg, inaugurated in 1897, where the Hamburg Senate, the city-state's government, meets.
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Guides to Lübeck
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Travel Guide01
German food guide: what PDO and PGI names protect, from Lebkuchen to Kölsch
The EU register lists 98 German food and drink names as protected designations of origin or protected geographical indications, from Nürnberger Lebkuchen and Dresdner Christstollen to Münchener Bier and Kölsch. This guide reads the register's own files to say what each label ties to a place, and where XTOUR could not read the file.
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Travel Guide02
Germany travel guide: choosing your cities and bases
XTOUR's Germany coverage is built around twelve cities and towns, from Berlin and Potsdam to Munich, Füssen, Dresden, Cologne, Nuremberg, Heidelberg and the Hanseatic north. This guide sets out what each base is for on XTOUR, which sights reached from a base are not in it, and which country-wide guides apply wherever you stay.
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Travel Guide03
Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites: the 55 on the list and the ones XTOUR covers
The German Commission for UNESCO counts 55 World Heritage sites in Germany, from Aachen Cathedral in 1978 to King Ludwig II's palaces in 2025. This article lists all 55 as the Commission records them, says what the inscribed area actually covers at the sites XTOUR has guides for, and notes where the Commission's own pages, the city of Dresden and UNESCO's own Dresden decision give different years.
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Travel Guide04
The Hanseatic League explained, and what 'Hansestadt' means today
The Hanse began as bands of travelling merchants and became a league of more than 200 towns, with kontors from Novgorod to London, before it faded in the 17th century. This explainer sets out what the Hanse's own modern league, the European Hansemuseum and the Hanseatic towns' World Heritage pages say about it, where they disagree, and what the word 'Hansestadt' on a town's name does and does not tell a traveller.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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