The Bay of Lübeck is part of the Baltic Sea and largely belongs to Schleswig-Holstein. There is a lot going on here in the season, as there are seaside resorts next to one another.
On the other hand, it is quieter Mecklenburg coast the Bay of Lübeck. The Klützer Winkel invites with hills, wide fields and meadows to a quiet vacation away from mass tourism.
places
West of the Trave:
On the peninsula Wagria:
- Neustadt in Holstein (Port city)
- Fur hooks
- Groemitz (Seeheilbad)
- Kellenhusen (Seeheilbad)
- Dahme (Seeheilbad)
- Grossenbrode (Seeheilbad)
East of the Trave (Mecklenburg Baltic Sea coast):
- Dassow
- Klützer Winkel
- Boltenhagen (Seeheilbad)
Inland on the Untertrave:
- Bad Schwartau
- Lübeck with its historic old town
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getting there
By plane
There is a commercial airport in Lübeck-Blankensee Lübeck Airport
(IATA: LBC), but this has no more line connections since 2016. The next regularly served airport is therefore Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel (HAM). From there it's just under 70 km to Lübeck, 80 km to Timmendorfer Strand. By train you can get from Hamburg Airport via Hamburg Hbf to Lübeck in 1:10 hours, to Timmendorfer Strand in 1½ hours and to Sierksdorf in 1:50 hours (change at Hamburg Hbf and Lübeck Hbf).
By train
Long-distance rail traffic stops in Lübeck Hbf (every two hours EC Hamburg – Copenhagen; individual ICE trains from Munich via Nuremberg and Hanover and, during the holiday season, individual Intercity trains from Cologne / Düsseldorf via Duisburg and Münster to Lübeck, Timmendorfer Strand, Scharbeutz, Haffkrug and Sierksdorf). Otherwise you can reach the region with the regional express lines Hamburg – Lübeck (every half hour), Kiel – Bad Schwartau – Lübeck, Lüneburg – Lübeck and Bad Kleinen – Lübeck (every hour) and Stettin – Neubrandenburg – Güstrow – Lübeck (every two hours). Every second RE from Hamburg travels via Lübeck Hbf to Travemünde (Skandinavienkai, port and beach stations). In the summer season a RE travels twice a day from Hamburg via Lübeck to Timmendorfer Strand, Scharbeutz, Haffkrug and Sierksdorf.
In the street
Essentially, the A1 motorway (Hamburg – Lübeck – Fehmarn) leads to the Bay of Lübeck with exits, among others. in Bad Schwartau, Scharbeutz and Neustadt i. H. From the direction of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Wismar, Rostock) you can take the A 20 to the junction Schoenberg take, from where you continue on the B 104 in the direction of Lübeck. Coming from Berlin, the best way to leave the A 24 is at the junction Hornbek and drive on Landstrasse and B 207 via Mölln to Lübeck or you drive on A 14 and A 20 past Schwerin and Wismar to save yourself the chronically dense traffic in the greater Hamburg area. From Kiel, the B 76 leads directly to the Bay of Lübeck (Scharbeutz, Timmendorfer Strand, Travemünde).
By boat
The large port of Lübeck-Travemünde is the departure and destination point for ferries to / from Sweden, Finland and Latvia.
By bicycle
Two long-distance cycle routes lead through the region: the Baltic Sea Cycle Route from Kiel and Fehmarn in one direction and Rostock and Wismar in the other direction as well as the Iron Curtain Europe Cycle Route along the former inner-German border from Altmark, Wendland and Lauenburg.
On foot
The European long-distance hiking trails E1 (Flensburg – Kiel – Lübeck – Hamburg – Soltau) and E9 (Rostock – Wismar – Lübeck – Hamburg – Glückstadt), the Hanseatenweg (Hamburg – Lübeck – Wismar – Rostock) and the Way of St. JamesVia Baltica, Via Scandinavica and Via Jutlandica lead through the region.
mobility
Within the region you can use the regional train lines Lübeck Hbf – Travemünde (via Lübeck-Dänischburg (IKEA) and Lübeck-Kücknitz) and Lübeck Hbf – Timmendorfer Strand – Scharbeutz – Haffkrug – Sierksdorf – Neustadt (Holst). There are also buses, for example bus line 40 connects the most important Baltic Sea resorts on the Bay of Lübeck every hour (Lübeck ZOB – Travemünde – Niendorf – Timmendorfer Strand – Scharbeutz).
The leads directly along the Lübeck Bay Baltic Sea Cycle Route (also designated as EuroVelo 10 and Germany route D2), including through Boltenhagen, Travemünde, Timmendorfer Strand, Scharbeutz and Neustadt i. H. The “Alte Salzstraße” cycle path leads from Travemünde further inland via Bad Schwartau, Lübeck and Krummesse to Mölln.
Tourist Attractions
- Steep coast "Brodtener Hochufer" between Travemünde and Niendorf. The 4 km long steep bank rises up to 20 m high. Every year the sea reclaims between 50 cm - 100 cm of land on average. The headland has been eroded by a full 6 kilometers since the last Ice Age. At the Café Hermannshöhe you can go down to the beach via a staircase. You can swim on the stony natural beach. Numerous sand martins, who have dug their brood tubes in the break-offs, nest on the steep bank. The demolitions are under nature protection.
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climate
- Water temperatures for the German Baltic Sea coast with data for the Bay of Lübeck - Website of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
