Lüneburg (officially called the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg, German: Hansestadt Lüneburg, Low German: Lümborg, Latin: Luneburgum or Lunaburgum, Old High German: Luneburc, Old Saxon: Hliuni), also called Lunenburg in English, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony.
It is located about 50 km (31 mi) southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city’s wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people.
Lüneburg’s urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title “Hansestadt” (Hanseatic Town) in its name since 2007, in recognition of its membership in the former Hanseatic League. Lüneburg is also home to Leuphana University.
Lüneburg lies on the river Ilmenau, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from its confluence with the Elbe. The river flows through the town and is featured in its song; it was formerly traversed by cogs taking salt from the town to the other, larger, ports of the Hanseatic League nearby.
The motto Mons, Pons, Fons (“Hill, bridge, spring”) characterised the development of the town from the 8th century as it coalesced from initially three, and later four, areas of settlement. These areas were the refuge castle on the — at that time considerably higher — Kalkberg, together with its adjoining settlement (the Marktviertel or “Market Quarter”), the village of Modestorpe between the bridge over the river Ilmenau and the large square, Am Sande (the Sandviertel or “Sand Quarter”), and the saline with its walled settlement for the work force (the Sülzviertel or “Salt Quarter”).
Not until the 13th century was the river port settlement (the Wasserviertel or “Waterside Quarter”) built between the market place and the Ilmenau. The resulting shape of the town thus formed did not change until its expansion in the late 19th century and it is still clearly visible today. Lüneburg’s six historic town gates were the Altenbrücker Tor, the Bardowicker Tor, the Rote Tor, the Sülztor, the Lüner Tor and the Neue Tor.
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We start this winter walk around Christmas at the train station east of the centre. It takes us a just a few minutes to get to the town across the Ilmenau. There in Old Lüneburg we see the old crane in the river harbor. We make a round this part with some christmas market stalls and apartment houses before we get further into the medieval old town.
There in Lüneburg several Gothic-style buildings can be seen. The market square with the city hall is busy with a christmas market that is just opening up now around noon.
We stroll around the streets, visit St. John’s Church and the “Am Sande” square. Sometimes I had to backtrack a bit as it was my first visit not being sure of ways through. In the end we make it back to the train station where we started.
Filmed in December 2019
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