Lübeck
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- The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not wanted, the name may be written as Luebeck.
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| Coordinates | 53°52′11″N 10°41′11″E / 53.86972°N 10.68639°E |
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Urban district |
| City subdivisions | 35 Stadtbezirke |
| Mayor | Bernd Saxe (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 214.13 km2 (82.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population | 213,983 (31 December 2005) |
| - Density | 999 /km2 (2,588 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HL |
| Postal codes | 23501 − 23570 |
| Area codes | 0451, 04502 |
| Website | www.luebeck.de |
| Hanseatic City of Lübeck * | |
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| Country |  Germany |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Reference | 272 |
| Region ** | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1987 (11th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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Lübeck is a city in the North of Germany, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It has about 210,000 inhabitants and a university.
The most famous citizen is the author Günter Grass. He won the Nobel Prize for literature.
The city's full name is Hansestadt Lübeck (Hanseatic city of Lubeck) in memory of its history. It was an important part in the Hanseatic League. The architecture of the city and the region as well is influenced by this historic period.
As the Free City of Lübeck, the city was a state of the Weimar Republic
Other Hanseatic cities today are: Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Bremen, Greifswald and Demmin.
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