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Lübeck Hafen-Gesellschaft
Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and the second-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, after its capital of Kiel. It is the 36th-largest city in Germany. The city lies in the Holsatian part of Schleswig-Holstein, on the mouth of the Trave, which flows into the Bay of Lübeck in the borough of Travemünde, and on the Trave's tributary Wakenitz. The island with the historic old town and the districts north of the Trave are also located in the historical region of Wagria. Lübeck is the southwesternmost city on the Baltic Sea, and the closest point of access to the Baltic from Hamburg. The city lies in the Holsatian dialect area of Low German. The name ''Lübeck'' ultimately stems from the Slavic root ('love-'). Before 819, Polabian Slavs founded a settlement which they called Liubice on the mouth of the Schwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James' Church, Lübeck
St. James' Church () is one of the five main Evangelical Lutheran parish churches in Lübeck's old town, Germany. It was consecrated in 1334, serving as a church for Sailor, sailors and Fisherman, fishermen who still have their "Schütting" (originally from the Norwegian "Skotting" and now known as Schøttstuene) for meeting houses in the shipping company opposite the church. The patron saint of the church is Saint James the Elder. The church also serves as a stop on a branch of the North German Way of St. James, alongside the Holy Spirit Hospital and the neighboring Gertrudenherberge. Since September 2007, the northern tower chapel of the church has been a national memorial for civil Seamanship, seafaring, known as the Pamir Chapel. Building history The Jakobikirche is a three-aisled brick hall church. The current building on Koberg was built around 1300 and, after the great city fire of 1276, replaced a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque hall church on the same site, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
