Lüneburg - settling city of salt

The amazing town of Lüneburg near Hamburg has retained its medieval charm. Narrow streets with red brick houses intricately diverge in all directions and invite you to a walk.

More than 1,000 years ago, a salt deposit was discovered in Lüneburg, which was indicated by a wild boar. The city became rich on the salt trade, and the boar became a highly revered animal in Lüneburg.

During a walking tour of the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg, we will visit the Church of St. John the Baptist, a square in the sand, see the “black house” and the first townhouses of northern Germany. Let’s stroke the tummy of the “pregnant house” and, of course, examine the magnificent Town Hall, which was built for several centuries and is an unusual heap of various buildings.

We will learn why part of Lüneburg settles down, and what the great German poet Heinrich Heine and the equally great composer Johann Sebastian Bach did in the city.

We will visit the picturesque embankment of the Ilmenau River and the smelt market. We will see an old historic crane and an abbey mill.

After the tour, you can have a delicious lunch in one of the many restaurants or cafes in the city. Lüneburg is among the top five German cities with the highest number of restaurants per capita.

You can visit a beer museum or a salt museum.