A fantastic City: Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second largest city  in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. This city is built on the river Trave’s banks.

 This city was founded by Alfonso ll of Holstein, it was destroyed in 1157 and it was rebuilded in 1159 by Enrique the Lion. The city lost the importance after the Thirty Years’ war. This city also was sacked by Napoleon, in 1806. In 1866, this city was united in the Germanic Confederation.

 The cathedral is a Romanic church with two towers. Other important church is, The Santa Maria church, this is a gothic church. At one side, there is a little devil. Many tourists touched its horns, because there is a popular legend about; if you do that you will have good luck.

 The old part of Lübeck is on an island enclosed by the Trave. The Elbe–Lübeck Canal connects the Trave with the Elbe River. Another important river near the town centre is the Wakenitz.

When I was in Lübeck (August 2011), one of the most typical things is the marzipan. There are lots of cake-shops, where you can buy lots of different types of this marzipan. I bought a pig head shape marzipan. In the cake-shop, they told me I should eat in an important day and this would give me good luck in the future