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It first opened its platz. Otherwise, this family of travel- doors in 1962 and since then it has put ling show artists moved from funfair a smile on children’s faces every year to funfair right across the country, and at Christmas time. The fairytale mo- little Peter went to a different school tifs originally served as shop-window every week with the other travelling decorations for the Karstadt depart- show children. It didn’t do him any ment store almost 60 years ago befo- harm, “I always had lots of friends”, sold to Denmark, Peter Belli took over the chairmanship of the association and bought up the fairytale figures and their berths at a stroke. “The Fairytale Forest is quite simply part of Lübeck, Impressive exhibits otherwise there’s something missing Peter Belli in the Christmas market”, he states in Impressive exhibits re they were moved to the St. Mary’s the 56-year-old happily recalls, but justification of his commitment which churchyard as a pre-Christmas attrac- when it came to his two daughters and continues to this day. “It’s simply a part tion for families with children. The his grandchildren, he always set great of our childhood – not just for me but cherished tradition of the Fairytale store by a permanent school and good for generations of Lübeck residents.” Forest now includes 23 ‘berths’ whe- training. He would have liked best of re the finest fairytale figures of the all to be a car mechanic but the family The association is regularly depen- Brothers Grimm and others can be business was more important, and so dent on donations in order to fund found – from King Thrushbeard and Peter Belli learned all the manual skills the restoration of the mobile fairytale Cinderella, via Hansel and Gretel and from his father and in the end took figures and their wooden berths and to the Sleeping Beauty to Pippi Longsto- over his parent’s business. “There’s construct new ones year for year. Bro- cking, Jim Button and Max and Mo- nothing a travelling show worker can’t ckensammlung Lübeck, for example, ritz. turn his hand to”, he explains with a recently adopted Mrs. Holle and Pippi grin. “And if there’s something he can’t Longstocking. “Without our suppor- y One person who has been there from do, he keeps trying until he can.” No ters and sponsors, the Fairytale Forest Open dail the beginning and who is particularly sooner said than done ‒ and so this would not be able to survive”, says Pe- fromOpen 10 daily am* from 10 am* y fond of the Fairytale Forest, is travelling likeable travelling show artist with his ter Belli. “I would like to express my Public tours ever show artist Peter Belli who was born in heart in the right place is today a ge- heartfelt thanks for this commitment.” SaturdayTuesdayPublic tours andevery Sunday e 1963. Even as a small boy, he helped his nuine self-made man. Crêpes, fishing His own dedication goes without say- SaturdayTuesday and Sunday parents at their sweet stall in the Fairy- for ducks and pitching at cans make up ing for him even if it takes up a lot of Gastronomy at its best in th tale Forest, was allowed to take care of his business with the addition of doug- his time and work. He takes charge of GastronomyRestaurant atNORD its best and in the Café RestaurantFräulein NORD Brömse and Café the fairytale figures, inspected tickets hnuts and the children’s railway in the almost all the repair work himself, “al- Fräulein Brömse for the children’s merry-go-round with Fairytale Forest. though my wife and some volunteers *except Dec 24. *except Dec 24. his two brothers and did his homework sew the clothes for the dolls, that’s not in the last carriage of the children’s When the Fairytale Forest Association really my bag.” OneOne ofof the the most most important important railway. “I was rocked backwards and ‘Pro Lübeck e.V.’ ran into financial dif- Lübeck’sLübeck’s latest latest museum museum conventsconvents in in northern northern Germany Germany forwards and every time the carriage ficulties at the beginning of 2000 and went over the sleepers, it shook – and there was a threat of the forest being EuropäischesEuropäisches Hansemuseum Hansemuseum +49+49 (0)451 (0)451 80 9080 9990 099 0 www.hansemuseum.euwww.hansemuseum.eu AnAn derder Untertrave Untertrave 1 1• 23552• 23552 Lübeck Lübeck [email protected]@hansemuseum.eu #hansemuseum#hansemuseum 35 EuropäischesEuropäisches Hansemuseum. Hansemuseum. Fotos: Fotos: Olaf Malzahn,Olaf Malzahn, Werner Werner Huthmacher, Huthmacher, Thomas Thomas Radbruch Radbruch |CONTENT| 4 Lübeck and Travemünde: Lübeck and An overview 6 Two opposites collide Travemünde 10 Lübeck museums The true beauty of things lies in the hidden. It does not want to dazzle with in the portrait sheer scenery, it wants to be explored, it wants to be felt. What is hidden behind brick stones and fine sandy beaches, what makes Lübeck and Travemünde pulsate? This magazine enables a view behind the beautiful face of Lübeck’s 12 Girl power with island-shaped UNESCO Old Town and zooms in on the shiny waves of the a sea view Baltic Sea to our unique seaside resort, which has begun to reinvent itself. And since the pulse of a city is defined by the people who live in it, our stories are 14 Everything flows all about them and their location in Lübeck and Travemünde – two so different places and yet inseparably linked. Welcome to our home town. 16 The ‘completest’ overall work of art Tourist Information Tourist Information 18 Map of Lübeck and Lübeck Travemünde Travemünde 20 The gin man Located directly at the Holsten In Travemünde, our Tourist Infor- Gate, our Tourist Information is mation is located inside the train the ideal starting point for your station ‘Strandbahnhof’. Our team 23 A bed under the Baltic sky discovery tour through Lübeck. is looking forward to your visit. 24 Cut from the right wood Tip: Try the delicious coffee speci- Tip: Enjoy freshly caught fish and alities in our café bar and browse delicious fishrolls in the unique our collection of souvenirs. fishing port. 26 Mermaid meets Neptune Opening hours: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Opening hours: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 28 Lively UNESCO World Heritage 33 Christmas city of the For more information: +49 (0) 4 51/ 88 99 700 or visit our websites north www.luebeck-tourism.de or www.travemuende-tourism.de Imprint Publisher: Lübeck und Travemünde Marketing GmbH, Holstentorplatz 1, 23552 Lübeck Editorial office: Christian Martin Lukas Editorial: Barbara Schwartz, Sandra Werth Text: Mareike Otte, Doris Schütz Translation: Transmit Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG Concept&Design: borowiakziehe KG, www.bozi.de Illustration: Kethariya Krause, borowiakziehe KG Photos: Verena Berg p. 23; Gene Glover p. 16; Olaf Malzahn p. 10; die LÜBECKER MUSEEN p. 11; Oliver Schmidt p. 3; Kai-Hendrik Schroeder cover pictures; Anibal Trejo/Shutterstock.com p. 4; unsplash.com p. 5, p. 14; Ingo Wandmacher p. 6, p. 8., p. 9, p. 12, p. 20, p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 28, p. 30, p. 31, p. 34, p. 35 Reprint, even extracts, is permitted only with explicit approval of the publisher. Date: February 2019. All information is provided without guarantee of completeness or accuracy. No liability for the information in the adverts. 3 |Lübeck| UNESCO World Heritage Site Lübeck was awarded the proud title in 1987 thanks to the unaltered basic structure of the Old Town consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monu- ments, brick stone churches and storehouses. Church diversity The small area of the island-shaped Old Town features a surprisingly large number of churches. Five of them characterise Lübeck’s famous silhouette with their impressive seven spires. Over 70 enchanting alleys and courtyards The island-shaped Old Town is home to a magical world of twisty alleys and beautiful courtyards. The diversity of these alleys and courtyards in Lübeck is something unique throughout the world. Three world-famous Nobel Prize laureates Willy Brandt and Thomas Mann were both born in Lübeck, while Günter Grass chose the Hanseatic city as his home.