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Lubeck is a City located at 53° 51' 55.68" N, 10° 41' 11.61" E. It is located in the Region Schleswig-Holstein.

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Lubeck, the Hanseatic City of Lübeck, is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. Situated on the river Trave, it was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League ("Queen of the Hanse"). Because of its extensive Brick Gothic architecture, it is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. In 2013 it had a population of 212,958.