Architecture

Lübeck City Hall, arcade porch building in front of the southern shield wall

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Lübecker Rathaus [German]
Lübeck City Hall, arcade porch building in front of the southern shield wall

Architecture

structure overview
Lübeck City Hall
style/period
Brick Gothic, Renaissance

Architecture: Lübeck City Hall

built
1240-1350
culture
German
style/period
Brick Gothic
work type by function
city hall
material
brick
architect / constr. phase
1240
construction of Romanesque structure
1251-1308
reconstruction after the fire of 1251 in Early Gothic style and extension (including arcade porch and Grawanthus)
1298
construction of the Long House
1340-1350
demolition of the main building and new construction
1435
redesign of the shield wall with three turrets
1442-1444
addition of the new chamber (Neues Gemach)
1570-1572
Gothic arcade porch is replaced by a new Renaissance building
1594
addition of the Neue Gemach stairways

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Germany » Schleswig-Holstein » Lübeck » City Centre » St. Mary's Quarter
local language location name
Lübeck, Deutschland [German]
historical affiliations
1240-1806
Holy Roman Empire
1240-1806
Free Imperial City
1806-1811
Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
1811-1813
Kingdom of France
1813-1871
Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hanseatic City of Lübeck
type
cultural
criteria
IV
designation
reference
272bis

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
5,542 × 5,630  pixel
46.9 × 47.7 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
merged image, perspective control, colour corrected
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