Sign in with FacebookMuehlenbrucke 7-9, Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23552, Germany
Candle for my siter,who died 2002
The Astronomical Clock
In front of the Holstentor
Luebeck - Holstentor - Irina and Asslan
I'm going from Lübeck to London on tuesday. Can anyone tell me how far (by car) the Lübeck airport approximately is from Hamburg, and if there's a parking fee if you leave your car there for a few days?
Hello,
the Lübeck Airport is around 59 kms away from Hamburg and the parking fee (and other infos) you can get at the english page from the airport directly:
http://www.flughafen-luebeck.de/1024/english
Hope this helps you?
Greetings
mangueirense
Thanks for the help. It all worked out fine.
One beautiful thing about this city is that a major part of it including the roads is made of red bricks and the city at a glance appears to be very red and beautiful. After many days of coming back from the tour I still remember it as red and picturesque. Almost like a fairy tale!!
My wife and I spent a very pleasant 30 minutes listening to an organ recital ( 4Euros each) at around 5pm in the St Jakobi Church in the city centre. Throughout the summer months it seems there are almost daily recitals or longer concerts in one or more of Lübeck's churches. The atmosphere is terrific the Bach impressive.
The image shows the church of St Mariene with the river front in the foreground. They hold organ concerts in this church as well.
When I was walking toward the Hauptbahnhoft (Railway Station) I came across a monument to the Father of Modern Germany Otto Von Bismarck.
Otto von Bismarck was born in Brandenburg in 1815. In 1862 he became President of Prussia. Over the next few years Bismarck helped to reorganize Germany under the leadership of Prussia
Bismarck he introduced the world's first modern welfare scheme which provided sickness, accident and old age benefits
A famous quote by Bismark is:
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice
Right next to the Holstentor along the Upper Trave River you will see six historic brick buildings called the Salzspeicher of Lübeck. These brick buildings were constructed from the 16th–18th centuries and were used to store salt that was mined near Lüneburg and brought to Lübeck over the Stecknitz Canal to then be shipped throughout the Baltic region. In the days before refrigeration salt was quite valuable and in high demand for preserving of food. The salt trade was essential for the growth and importance of Lübeck and other cities in the Hanseatic League.
Over decades and centuries the buildings were used for different purposes, such as storing grain, textiles or lumber. Today, or at least last month when I was there, it is a women's clothing store, quite popular with my wife and others I was traveling with, allowing me plenty of free time to wander around the area and take photos of these buildings, the waterway and other nearby sites.
I didn't know it at the time, but later found out that some of these buildings were used as the home of Count Orlok in the classic horror movie Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens. I saw that movie many years ago, but the stark and creepy images are still in my mind. I'll have to rent it.
There are really many of these small and wonderful courtyards: sometimes, along the roads you will see small "tunnels" inside the brick-houses; going in there will show you another world, the one of those small courtyards with other small houses inside!
Some of the finest are the ones down at Glockengiesser Straße, like the Füchtings-Hof, or Glandorps-Gang, Glandorps-Hof or Haasenhof, all in the Eastern quarters. But there are other ones in the western quarters close to the Trave, along Engelsgrube and there around.
Anyway, you have to find and discover then by yourself, it's nicer! ;-)
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