Definition of lubeck Lubeck
/luˈbɛˌk/ - [lubek] -
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| lubeck - a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League | ||
| deutschland, frg, germany, federal republic of germany a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 | ||
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lubeck
One of the three cities of the German empire, situated on the river Trave, about 14 miles from the Baltic. Lubeck has existed since the 11th century, and received important privileges from the German emperors in the 12th century, which were confirmed by the Danes, into whose power it fell in 1201. It was declared a free city of the empire in 1226, and thereafter maintained its independence against the Danes, and joined the other towns in the great Hanseatic League (which see). With the decline of the Hanseatic League, it lost its historic importance, but continued to flourish as an independent city, till it was taken and plundered by the French, November 6, 1806. In 1810 it was incorporated with the French empire, and in 1813 the Russians compelled the French to deliver it to its rightful owners; but the French again occupied it, until it was liberated by Sweden. In 1871 it was annexed to the German empire.
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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.
Most famous citizen is the poet Günter Grass, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The city's full name is "Hansestadt Lübeck" (hanseatic city of Lubeck) in memory of its history, where it has been 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.
