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About the Town of Lueneburg
Lueneburg is located on the edge of the “Lueneburger
Heath” between Hamburg and Hannover. The
former salting and hanseatic city of Lueneburg was
first mentioned in 956 due to its rich source of
salt.
In the middle ages, the so called "white gold" made
Lueneburg into a very prosperous town; this is still
evident today as most of its magnificent and
historic buildings are still intact and in their
former glory. Especially impressive is the St.
Johannes Church with a 108 meter brick tower and the
town hall, which is one of the biggest maintained
medieval city halls in Germany.
All around Lueneburg you will find some impresive
gables and a great selection of historic buildings,
including historic vaults, medieval breweries,
historic salt works and an old port. The town also
has some typical old German restaurants, beer
gardens and street cafés.
Salt is what created this town and well worth
seeing, of course is the German Salt museum. The
museum sees itself as a "hands-on Museum". Things
worth knowing, things of interest, exciting and
strange things about salt Here the visitor can find
out in a clear and not very "museum" like way about
the fascinating world of salt that surrounds us
every day but what we are seldom aware of.
An other highlight of Lueneburg is the SaLü thermal
salt baths where one can swim in 36 degrees of
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Hamburg
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