Place details
Place nameLubeck
Other namesLübeck, Liubice
CountryDeutschland
Latitude53.867
Longitude10.667
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on Trave & Wakenitz rivers, near Baltic Sea; was seat of Slavic principality; German city founded by count of Holstein in 12th cen.; destroyed by fire, but rebuilt by Henry the Lion in 1159;