Lüneburg Facts for Kids

Lüneburg is a cool city in northern Germany, located in a region called Lower Saxony. It's about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southeast of the big city of Hamburg. Lüneburg is the main city of the Lüneburg district. Around 102,660 people live here.

The Ilmenau River flows through Lüneburg. This river is a smaller stream that eventually flows into the larger Elbe River.

For a long time, Lüneburg was very rich because of its salt trade. In the Middle Ages, salt was like gold! It was moved along the Old Salt Route to the Baltic Sea. From there, ships carried it to other countries. Salt mines near the city were active for about a thousand years. However, salt mining stopped in 1980.

All that salt mining caused a lot of deforestation. This means many trees were cut down. Because of this, the area around Lüneburg changed into a special type of open land called heathland. This area is now known as the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide).

Lüneburg is connected with Scunthorpe, a town in England. This is called being "twinned."

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Am Sande, a beautiful square in Lüneburg
The old crane and a historic store at Lüneburg's medieval harbor
The impressive Town Hall of Lüneburg
The old harbor of Lüneburg
A view from the Kalkberg, showing Lüneburg's three main churches
A small painting of Lüneburg from the Sächsische Weltchronik, made in the 13th century
The punishment of Aegeas by Hans Bornemann (around 1450). You can see Lüneburg and St. Nicholas' Church in the background.
The slightly leaning spire of the church of St. John
An aerial photo of the southern part of the town center
A manhole cover showing the symbol for the city's motto: "Mons, Pons, Fons" (Mountain, Bridge, Spring)
A street map of Lüneburg from around 1910
A quiet street in Lüneburg's Altstadt (Old Town)
St. Nicolai Church in the Waterside Quarter
The Stadtschloss (City Palace) at the Market Square, with the Luna Fountain in front
Inside St. Nicolai Church
The Stint Market in Lüneburg Harbor
Johann Sebastian Bach, a famous composer, in 1748
Heinrich Heine, a well-known writer, in 1837
Another view of Am Sande
The nearby Lüneburg Heath, a unique landscape created by humans

Lüneburg facts for kids

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