Museum sights in Schleswig Holstein
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Holstentor City Gate & City Museum
Lübeck's small Holstentor city gate really is quite stunning. It captivated Andy Warhol (his print of it is in the St Annen Museum) and it's a sight where people sit and stare. Its twin, pointy-roofed circular towers, tilting together across a stepped gable, have made it a true German icon, which has graced postcards, paintings, posters, marzipan souvenirs and even the old DM50 note, as you'll discover in the engaging City History Museum inside.
Built in 1464, the gate been under renovation recently, but should be out of its trompe l'oeil wraps by now, so that its famous Latin inscriptions are visible: 'Concordia Domi Foris Pax' (roughly translated as 'Harmony within,…
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Buddenbrookhaus
The winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature, Thomas Mann, was born in Lübeck in 1875 and his family’s former home is now the Buddenbrookhaus. Named after Mann’s novel of a wealthy Lübeck family in decline, The Buddenbrooks (1901), this award-winning museum is a monument not only to the author of such classics as Der Tod in Venedig (Death in Venice) and Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain), but also to his brother Heinrich, who wrote the story that became the Marlene Dietrich film Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel). There’s a rundown of the rather tragic family history, too.
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Günter Grass-Haus
Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), Poland, Günter Grass had been living just outside Lübeck for 13 years when he collected his Nobel Prize in 1999. But this postwar literary colossus initially trained as an artist, and he has always continued to draw and sculpt. The Günter Grass-Haus is filled with the author’s leitmotifs – flounders, rats, snails and eels – brought to life in bronze and charcoal, as well as in prose. You can view a copy of the first typewritten page of Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum; 1959). Grass continues to make news. In 2012 his poems about Israel and Greece were controversial. The small bookshop is excellent.
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Schleswig-Holsteinisches Freilichtmuseum
Beekeepers, bakers, potters and many more traditional craftspeople ply their trade 6km south of Kiel, in Molfsee. This excellent museum features some 70 traditional houses typical of the region relocated from around the state. Take bus 501 from Kiel's central bus station.
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Theater Figuren Museum
Even if you think you eschew puppets, don’t miss this wondrous collection of some 1200 puppets, props, posters and more from Europe, Asia and Africa. The artistry is amazing as is the ancient alley where it's located; try to catch a performance at its theatre.
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St Annen Museum
The St Annen Museum houses a browsable mishmash of ecclesiastical art (including Hans Memling’s 1491 Passion Altar), historical knick-knacks and contemporary art in its modern Kunsthalle wing. The latter houses the Andy Warhol print of Lübeck’s Holstentor. It has a chic little cafe in the courtyard.
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Museum für Puppentheater
If you're travelling with children - or have a particular interest in marionettes - don't miss the Museum für Puppentheater. It's a private collection of some 1200 puppets, props, posters and more, from Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Willy Brandy House
Lübeck's other big Nobel Prize winner, was chancellor of West Germany (1969-74) and was honoured for his efforts to reconcile with East Germany. Exhibits capture the tense times of the Cold War and Willy Brandt's role at this pivotal time. He was born in this house in 1913.
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Museum Holstentor
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