Lübeck
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Lübeck (Low German: Lübęk, Lübeek; adjective: lübsch, lübisch, at the latest since the 19th century also Lübeck, Latin: Lubeca) is a city in the North of Germany, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It has about 210,000 inhabitants and a university.
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Hansestadt Lübeck | |
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 Holstentor, emblem of the city | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Hanseatic City of Lübeck  | |
  Hanseatic City of Lübeck  Hanseatic City of Lübeck | |
| Coordinates: 53°52′11″N 10°41′11″E / 53.86972°N 10.68639°ECoordinates: 53°52′11″N 10°41′11″E / 53.86972°N 10.68639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Urban districts of Germany |
| Subdivisions | 35 Stadtbezirke |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernd Saxe (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | CDU |
| Area | |
| • Total | 214.13 km2 (82.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 216,712 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 23501−23570 |
| Dialling codes | 0451, 04502 |
| Vehicle registration | HL (1906–1937; since 1956)[2] |
| Website | www.luebeck.de |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 Aerial view of the old town | |
| Criteria | Cultural: iv |
| Reference | 272 |
| Inscription | 1987 (11th Session) |
| Area | 81.1 ha |
| Buffer zone | 693.8 ha |
The city's full name is Hansestadt Lübeck (Hanseatic city of Lubeck) in memory of its history. It was an important part in the Hanseatic League. The architecture of the city and the region as well is influenced by this historic period. As the Free City of Lübeck, the city was a state of the Weimar Republic. Other Hanseatic cities today are: Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Bremen, Greifswald and Demmin.
The most famous citizen is the author Günter Grass. He won the Nobel Prize for literature.
Luebeck has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
ReferencesEdit
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- ↑ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2016] (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
- ↑ Vehicles registered between 1937 and 1956 were given prefixes valid for all of Schleswig-Holstein: "I P" (1937–1945), "S" (1945–1947), "SH" (1947 only), "BS" (1948–1956).