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| federal state | Lower Saxony | |
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| Residents | 75.351 (2019) | |
| height | 17 m | |
| Tourist info | (0)800-220 50-05 Tourist info | |
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Luneburg is a beautiful Hanseatic city in Lower Saxony southeast of Hamburg. The historic city center with numerous monuments and museums invites you to visit. The Lueneburg Heath begins about 30 km west of the city.
background
Lüneburg as a Hanseatic city
The Hanseatic city of Lüneburg is located on the Ilmenau, a small river that flows at Hesitated flows into the Elbe a few kilometers northwest. The wealth of the city and its citizens was based in the time of the Hanseatic League on the occurrence of salt, which a.o. to the nearby Hanseatic city Hamburg sold and with the boat type Salzewer was transported over the Ilmenau. Even today, many buildings in the unique old town of Lüneburg testify to this wealth - the more than 1300 listed brick houses in the old town are the main attraction for tourists today.
Lueneburg Heath
The Lueneburg Heath, about 30 km west of the city, was created as a deforestation area through overgrazing and because of Lüneburg's large demand for wood for the saltworks. It was once the largest military training area in the German Reich and is now a popular holiday and recreational area. During the heather bloom in August, Lüneburg also has a very large influx of visitors.
Filming location for the series 'Rote Rosen'
Lüneburg is the location of the television series "Red roses". Here and in surrounding places like German Evern the exterior scenes of the series are filmed. The studio is located in the Lüneburg district New Hagen. Lüneburg's popularity among tourists has increased significantly since the series began. The 1 Red Roses Studios, Lilienthalstr. 1, 21337 Lüneburg, can also be visited from time to time.
University City
- 1 Leuphana.
Since 2005 Lüneburg has had the university that emerged from the teacher training college. There is a new architectural attraction with the central building and auditorium of the university: It was designed by star architect Daniel Libeskind and has become the university's new landmark. In addition to the architecture, the exploding financial volume required is controversial, not an easy topic for Lüneburg, the university and the Lower Saxony State Audit Office.
getting there
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By plane
The nearest major airports are the Hamburg Airport
(IATA: HAM) and the Hanover Airport(IATA: HAJ).
Small propeller planes can take off and land on the airfield in the industrial area Hafen.
By train
- 1 Lueneburg Central Station. Lüneburg has a central train station.
- Hold here ICE and continuous IC. Other connections make the city over Hanover and Hamburg reachable. From and to Berlin there is a direct driving IRISHMAN, which takes just over two hours to drive.
The metronome runs as a regional railway company to Hamburg every half hour. The journey time is around 30 minutes (metronome) and around 50 min (Metronome regional). The goes south metronome to the Hundertwasser station Uelzen. He's going east RE the DB region to Dannenberg (Elbe).
The train station is east of the city center; you have to cross the Ilmenau or the Lösegraben.
- 2 Lueneburg West Station. The station is divided into the (eastern) long-distance station and the western station, where the RE after Dannenberg and the Metronome regional hold to Hamburg.
In the street
- From the northwest: Lüneburg is from Hamburg accessible via the
, which from Lüneburg as a four-lane 
continued and as East bypass referred to as. - From the north: From Geesthacht coming
is north with the connected. From Lauenburg and Hohnstorf on the Elbe coming 
leads directly to the city. - From the east: About the
from direction Dannenberg above Dahlenburg - From the south: About the or. out Uelzen, Gifhorn and Braunschweig.
- From the southwest / west: About the
Soltau-Ost, then that 
above Amelinghausen
By boat
Lüneburg has no connection to a port for passenger traffic. The Ilmenau is not navigable to Lüneburg, e.g. for yachts.
- 3 Industrial port of Lüneburg. The industrial port can be approached via the Elbe-Seiten-Canal.
By bicycle
Numerous regional or long-distance cycle paths start, end or cross Lüneburg:
- The Weser-Harz-Heide-Radweg begins or ends here its route from the Weser in Hann. Münden over the resin, through Wolfenbüttel and the Lueneburg Heath.
- the 120 km long Ilmenau cycle path of Bad Bodenteich above Uelzen to Lüneburg, from where he goes up Hoopte runs at the mouth of the Ilmenau in the Elbe (Route information on the Ilmenau Cycle Path)
- the Old Salt Road leads about 116 km from Lüneburg Lauenburg until after Lübeck (Route information on the Old Salt Road)
On foot
- the 145 km long Hermann Billung hiking trail continues from Lauenburg via Lüneburg Amelinghausen, then over Soltau and Visselhövede until after Verden.
- the Via Scandinavica, a Scandinavian Way of St. James, leads over on its German section coming from Fehmarn Lübeck and Lüneburg to their end point in Goettingen.
mobility
Public transport
The urban and regional bus company is the KVG. Lüneburg is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). There are two important bus transfers in Lüneburg:
- 4 Central bus station (ZOB). Change especially for regional lines.
- At the train station is the ZOB (Central Bus Station), which serves both urban and regional buses and creates the transition to rail traffic.
- 5 Change at the sand. Change especially for inner-city lines.
- There is space for many, mostly inner-city lines On the sand Transfer options in the middle of the city center.
At the ZOB and On the sand there are several taxi ranks.
Park
Access to the city center of Lüneburg is only possible to a very limited extent. If you don't want to do without the car, you have the following parking options:
- Parking garage at the clinic - at the municipal clinic
- Parking garage Am Graalwall / Rathaus - On Graalwall (including disabled and women parking spaces)
- Parking garage Stadtmitte / Am Wasserturm - At the Ratsmühle 17
- Parking garage at the train station - At the Altenbrücker Ziegelhof
- Reichenbachstrasse administrative center
- City parking garage - New brawn
- Karstadt multi-storey car park - In the desert place
- Lunepark - Bockelmannstrasse
- parking spot - Kalandstrasse
- Sülzwiesen / Am Bargenturm car park - Sülzwiesen
The city of Lüneburg provides information here above further parking possibilities.The offer of parking spaces for disabled people is here available as PDF.
By bicycle
The city can be explored well or very well by bike, and some streets are paved with coarse cobblestones. There are no major differences in altitude to overcome in the urban area, there are longer inclines out of town, especially to the east.
Rental bikes are available from the following providers:
- StadtRAD Lüneburg. Tel.: 49 (0)40 82218810-0, Fax: 49 (0)40 82218810-9, Email: [email protected]. has seven rental points, is identical to Call-a-bike from Deutsche Bahn, Contacts via their hotline.
- Wheel spoke R., Bahnhofstrasse 4, 21337 Lüneburg (right at the train station). Tel.: 49 (0)4131 266350, Fax: 49 (0)4131 266351, Email: [email protected]. offers around 30 rental bikes, including pedelecs.
- Heiderad. Has no station in Lüneburg, but bikes can be ordered by phone.
Bicycles and repairs
- 1 Wheel spoke R. (at the train station). Bicycle sales, repairs without prior notice, rental, bicycle parking garage.
- 2 Lueneburg wheel house, Neue Sülze 23 21335 Lüneburg (in downtown).
- 3 BOC, In front of the Bardowicker Tore 27 21339 Lüneburg (close to the city center).
- 4 Bike park. Käthe-Krüger-Straße 8, Kaltenmoor, approx. 3 km from the city center.
- 5 KonRad, Scharnhorststrasse Building 28 21335 Lüneburg. very well equipped self-help workshop, opening times depending on the semester break.
Tourist Attractions
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Churches
- 2 Michaelis Church. Former Benedictine monastery church in Lüneburg. It is one of the three main churches in Lüneburg. The hall church was built between 1376 and 1436 and, like the other main churches, was made of bricks due to the lack of sandstone in the area. The church is usually open, so you can also visit it from the inside. A school belonged to the monastery, the most famous student of which was the 15-year-old when he entered in 1700-1702 Johann Sebastian Bach was.
- 3 Lüne Monastery
- 4 Ecumenical Community Center St. Stephanus. Interesting, modern church building with a combination of exposed concrete and wood from the 1970s, in the midst of immigrants and socially disadvantaged people 1 Kaltenmoor district.
- 5 St. John's Church. Main church of Lüneburg. It represents the center of the city. It is in the style of the Brick gothic built and is considered one of the most important buildings in this style. The Evangelical Lutheran Church was built between 1289 and 1440.
- 6 St. Nicolai Church. An evangelical church built in the brick Gothic style. It was built between 1407 and 1440, but was not completed until much later. The church is usually open and can be visited. The church is the smallest of the three main churches in Lüneburg and was built as a three-aisled basilica.
Buildings
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- 7 Old Town Hall. Tel.: (0)800 - 220 5005. am Ochsenmarkt - built around 1230. The court arbor, prince's hall, old archive, chancellery and mayor's chamber date from the Gothic period. Masterful woodwork adorns the large council chamber, which is one of the largest Renaissance halls in Germany. The tribute hall and the market facade date from the Baroque period. In the tower there is a clockwork with glockenspiel made of Meissen porcelain. Price 5 € / 4 € red.Open: Guided tours Tuesday - Sunday
- 8 Council water art and water tower. They mainly served the saltworks to supply fresh water.
Monuments
- 9 Memorial in the Tiergarten. About 1.5 km from the city center there is the memorial in the zoo for concentration camp prisoners who were killed by bombs and their guards during an air raid.
- A walk there from the city center leads e.g. along the Ilmenau over the {Marker | type = bridge | name = Teufelsbrücke | lat = 53.2192 | long = 10.4219}} in a varied area with forest and a wetland.
Museums
- 10 Museum Lueneburg. Modern museum of culture and nature of the city and region. With a chic café!
- 11 German Salt Museum, Sülfmeisterstraße 1. Tel.: (0)4131-720 65 13. in the former Lüneburg salt works. It shows in many ways the importance of salt for the city, work and, besides, the place of production of the salt, the saltworks.
- 12 Brewery Museum, Heiligengeiststrasse 39. in the old Kronenbrauerei.
- 13 East Prussian State Museum. Actually a “local museum” for the expellees from East Prussia, thematizes the former German culture there, but is in exchange with the regions Baltic states, rebuilt and reopened in 2019.
- 14 Museum for the Principality of Lüneburg. (was merged with the Lüneburg Museum, see there).
- 15 Lüne Monastery. Textile museum and nice short excursion from the city center.
Streets and squares
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Note: In the TV series Red roses The names of streets and squares are partly fictitious.
- Smelt market on the Ilmenau
- Lamberti Square, the Lamberti Church once stood here
- Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz, near the Michaeliskirche.
- Old crane on the Ilmenau
- Ilmenaustrasse / Corner At the Abtspferdetränke - Place in front of the Hotel Bergström (frequent location of "Rote Rosen")
- Shower bridge (frequent location of "Rote Rosen")
Parks
- 16 Spa gardens. with graduation tower and concert shell.
- 17 Love reason. Somewhat neglected park on the edge of the historic city wall.
- 18 Kreidebergsee. Beautiful lake in the city area, but no bathing facilities, surrounded by a park and with “chalk cliffs”.
- 19 Kalkberg. Inner-city nature reserve, with a beautiful view of the city.
- 20 Clamart Park. Park in the city center, nice to rest.
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various
activities
- Rail journey in the historical features of the Heath Express
- Pedal boat ride on the Ilmenau from the beer garden Schröder's garden
- Canoe tour on the Ilmenau, e.g. from Melbeck
- Swimming
- Salztherme Lüneburg
- Hagen outdoor pool
- Ilmenau
shop
Weekly markets
- Weekly market on the market square, every Wednesday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Thorner Strasse, on Thursday in the Kreideberg district from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Stephanus Square, on Friday in the Kaltenmoor district from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pedestrian zone
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Lüneburg has a beautiful pedestrian zone in the center of the old town with a wide range of modern middle-class centers. The pedestrian zone exudes a nice serenity, but is also very popular with tourists on weekends. It's just fun to be inspired by the flair of the city in the narrow streets and alleys.
kitchen
The local dishes in Lüneburg include:
- The smelt is a small fish, about the size of sardines, which is only available regionally in spring and which is then offered in many restaurants in the city, often cooked as fried Fed up with stint.
- Due to the proximity to the Lüneburg Heath, of course Heidschnucke on the menu.
- Labskaus is not prepared here like in Hamburg, but more in the Danish way.
In the past, Lüneburg was also known for its numerous breweries. Today the number of breweries is limited to a few small brewpubs, e.g.
- 1 Maltster's, Heiligengeiststrasse 43, 21335 Lüneburg. Tel.: 49 (0)4131 47777, Email: [email protected]. Brewery and table house with rustic restaurant and vaulted cellar. The Lüneburg Pilsener (Lüpi), once the flagship of the city, is in Hamburg made at the Holsten brewery.
Cheap
- Piccanti, Am Sande 9, Italian restaurant, also with domestic and Chinese specialties, including homemade noodles
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- Bierstein restaurant
- India house, Heiligengeiststrasse 9. Excellent restaurant with Indian cuisine. It is advisable to reserve a table.Open: closed on Mondays.Price: 6.50-6.90 € at lunchtime.
Upscale
- 2 Sabacca, At market 4. Restaurant in a vaulted cellar with very good Spanish tapas cuisine. Also steaks, burgers and seafood.Price: E.g. tapas for 2, 34.50 €.
- 3 Soraya, Lünertorstrasse 18. Tel.: 49(0)4131 99 80 373. The fine cuisine of Persia. Lunch menu.Open: Mon - FriPrice: main course € 10.50-18.90.
- To the old brewery, Grapengiesserstrasse 11. Traditional restaurant with a rustic ambience that offers hearty German cuisine in interesting modern variations. Considered the best restaurant in town (TrivAdvisor).Price: main course € 15.90-27.90.
nightlife
- The vamos: Disco with a different program
- garage: A bigger discotheque
- Pesel: Legendary, located on the Stintmarkt, with alternative music and a great cellar atmosphere. It only gets really full from 4 a.m. when the other nightclubs close.
There are two Pub miles:
- 1 At the smelt market
- 2 Schroderstrasse
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accommodation
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There are various hotels and inns that are spread all over Lüneburg. Many of them are also very close to the center. There are also many holiday apartments in Lüneburg and the surrounding area. Many guests from large cities enjoy the tranquility of an apartment in one of the many suburbs of Lüneburg.
Cheap
- 1 DJH youth hostel, Soltauer Str. 133, 21335 Lüneburg. Tel.: 49 (0)4131 41864, Fax: 49 (0)4131 45747, Email: [email protected]. Top youth hostel with 148 beds, on the southern outskirts, right next to the university and the city forest.Features: free WiFi,
.Open: all year round (except Christmas): 07: 00-22: 00.Check-in: 15: 00-21: 45.Price: from € 29.80 / BB (HB and FB possible).
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Upscale
Selection of some hotels:
- 3 Bergström. Inspiration and frequent location of the series "Rote Rosen".
- Park Hotel. Tel.: (0)4131-41125.
- Unique
- 4 Seminarians
camping
- 5 Camping Rote Schleuse, Rote Schleuse 4. 21335 Lüneburg. Tel.: 49 4131 791500, Email: [email protected]. In a wooded area around 5 km to the city center, the square is open all year round. Gastronomy, swimming pond. Well-kept sanitary facilities. Pitches for campers under trees. Rather noisy due to the bypass road passing close by.
- 6 Canoe station Melbeck. 10 km to the city center, a good starting point for a canoe tour.
Learn
In Lüneburg there is a university that is spread over several locations. They result from the campuses of the former Nordostniedersachen University of Applied Sciences and the university in the former Scharnhorst barracks.
Work
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Since the end of the zone border funding and the downsizing of the Bundeswehr and Bundespolizei location in Lüneburg (there were four barracks throughout the city until the end of the last century), there has been a structural change towards medium-sized businesses with businesses in the service and manufacturing sectors . There are many commuters to the nearby Hanseatic city Hamburg.
security
Due to the strong tourism, pickpockets are increasing in the city center. In the bar area On the stint There are more violent clashes late in the evening because of people who have been drunk.
- 2 Police station Lüneburg / Lüchow-Dannenberg / Uelzen (Mission and patrol duty in Lüneburg), Auf der Hude 1, 21339 Lüneburg. Tel.: 49 (0)4131 83062203, 49 (0)4131 83062215, Fax: 49 (0)4131 83062250. Open: 24/7.
health
- In the spa town of Lüneburg there are no problems finding a suitable doctor.
- There are also several hospitals and day clinics
There is that in the Kurpark 21 Graduation tower Lüneburgwhere you can breathe salt-enriched air.
Practical advice
- Tourist information, Town hall / Am Markt, 21335 Lüneburg (in the historic town hall of Lüneburg). Tel.: 49 (0)4131 2076620, Tel. Toll-free: 0800 2205005, Email: [email protected]. From booking accommodation, to organizing the city tour, to tips and suggestions on site.
trips
- in the 22 Scharnebeck ship lift in Scharnebeck the ships have to overcome a height difference of 38 m with the help of a double vertical ship lift.
- Opening times of the exhibition pavilion, from March 15 to October 31, daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- 23 Bardowicker Cathedral, an imposing church building from the Middle Ages.
- 1 Heidepark Soltau
- 24 Walsrode World Bird Park
- 25 Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park
- The 26 Black Mountains Wildlife Park Already at the entrance greets the visitors through the grunting reception committee, the free-roaming pot-bellied pigs. Mountains, valleys and lakes form the 50 hectare idyllic park. Daily flight shows and feedings, the 31-meter-high Elbe view tower, animals to touch or the huge adventure playground inspire. Mountains, valleys and lakes form the 50 hectare idyllic park.
- Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve - the most famous heathland in the region; is about 30 km west of the city.
- The 27 Lopausee east of Amelinghausen at the park of the same name is a 12 hectare reservoir that was created in 1970. The lake serves exclusively as a nature area and for local recreation. Visitors can walk around the lake on a 2.2 km long footpath and bike path. (about 19 km)
literature
- Thomas Kirschbaum: Lüneburg - life in a late medieval city, Ed .: AK Lüneburg Old Town 2000, ISBN 3-928977-83-0
Web links
- https://www.hansestadtlueneburg.de/ - Official website of Lüneburg
