World Cultural Heritage Lübeck, Germany

Lübeck is a city in northern Germany. With approximately 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second largest city on the German Baltic Sea coast and in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, after the capital Kiel, and the 35th largest city in Germany. Lübeck is part of the Hamburg metropolitan area, the southwesternmost city on the Baltic Sea, and the second largest Baltic port in Germany after Rostock. Lübeck is famous for being the cradle and de facto capital of the Hanseatic League, and the entire old town is listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site. While the symbol of the city is the Holstentor, Lübeck's skyline is dominated by the seven towers of its five main churches: St. Mary's Church, Lübeck Cathedral, St. Jacob's Church, St. Peter's Church, and St. Giles' Church. Completed around 1230, the cathedral was the first large brick church in the Baltic region. Completed in 1351, St. Mary’s Church served as a model for other brick Gothic churches around the Baltic. It has the second tallest twin-spired facade, its height not surpassed until 1880 by Cologne Cathedral, the tallest brick vault, and the second tallest brick structure after St. Martin's Church in Landshut. #greentourism #germanytravel #seetheearthinthemoment #overseastravel #hotsummerdestinations #balticsea #europeantravel #deutschland #lubeck #worldculturalheritage #worldheritage #unesco