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Lubeck
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Lubeck is the second largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, which is in Germany. It was for several centuries the capital of the Hanseatic League Queen of the Hanse and because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage is on UNESCO's, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization list of World Heritage Sites. Lubeck’s population in 2005 was 213,983 occuping an area of 216.14 kilometers. Its population density is 990 per kilometers.
Lubeck is situated at the Trave river with the largest German port at the Baltic Sea. The old part of the town is an island enclosed by the Trave river. The Elbe-Lubeck Canal connects the Trave with the Elbe river. Another important river near the town center is the Wakenitz. Autobahn 1 connects Lubeck with Hamburg and Denmark. The borough Travemunde is a sea resort and ferry port at the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Lubeck was already settled after the last Ice Age and several Neolithic Dolmens can be found in the area. Among other settlements they founded Liubice lovely on the Trave banks about 6 kilometres north of the present-day city centre of Lubeck. During World War II, Lubeck was the first German city to be attacked by the Royal Air Force. Lubeck has many smaller museums like the St. Annen Museum, the Behnhaus and the Holstentor. Lubeck is very famous for its excellent marzipan industry, and according to local legend, Marzipan was first made in Lubeck possibly in response to either a military siege of the city, or a famine year.
Lubeck, justifiably so, enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited place. It is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origin back to prehistoric times.
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