Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Germany
Inscribed
1987
Area
81 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Hanseatic City of Lübeck is in Lübeck. The nearest other World Heritage site is Residence Ensemble Schwerin, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Lübeck · about 235,000 peopleat the site
- Schwerin · about 97,000 peopleabout 55 km south-east
- Hamburg · about 1,757,000 peopleabout 60 km south-west
- Kiel · about 269,000 peopleabout 65 km north-west
- Rostock · about 203,000 peopleabout 100 km east
- Flensburg · about 98,000 peopleabout 130 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GermanyCultural55 km away
GermanyCultural58 km away
GermanyCultural104 km away
Germany, Denmark, NetherlandsNatural146 km away
GermanyCultural153 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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