On our way to Dahme, we flew into Lubeck airport. Lubeck is less than an hour away from our base in Dahme. On the third day in we visited Lubeck with Ingrid and Eckhardt. It is a beautiful old city - built on an island on the river Trave. It is a famous old port and along with Hamburg and Bremen was a key member of the Hanseatic league. It is also famous for its distinctive 7 spires and of course marizipan. Local legends says that Marzipan was invented in Lubeck during a siege, when all they had left was almonds and sugar. The most famous producer of marzipan is Niederegger. The Niederegger Marzipan is famous all over Germany (and the world). The Niederegger shop and restaurants are just off the old Market Place. We went upstairs to the old fashioned restaurant. We had lovely coffee and cake and ice cream.
Marzipan in Niederegger window, Uploaded by M+MD.
Then we went to the beautiful old Marienkirche (St Mary's Church.) On the night of Palm Sunday from the 28th to March 29 1942, the church was almost completely burnt out during an Allied bombing raid along with about a fifth of Lübeck city centre. It has been beautifully restored and they had added a wonderful stained glass window entitled "Day of Judgement".
a pair of devils, Uploaded by M+MD.
Lubeck also has a strong literary connections. We visited the Mann house, home of Heinrich and Thomas Mann. After that we just wandered. We went back to the river and across the bridge and around the the old Holsten gate, which now features on a German €2 coin. We finished off that day with a trip up to the top of the St Peters Kirche. The views over the city were stunning.
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Thank you for this post and for sharing your photos of one of my favorite cities in Europe.
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