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[...]... 20 Germany Tour 4: Hamburg For example,, Altona was still the starting point for the first railway in the Danish Kingdom, the Altona-Kiel railway, which opened in 1844 This southern part of The Danish Kingdom was also connected to the main city of Kiel and from there further up to the capital, Copenhagen Tour 4: Hamburg 27 Altona Altona S-Bahn: Königstraße/Bahnhof Altona/Reeperbahn Since 1937 Altona... Lübeck has so much to offer that it could be a travel destination in itself Only a few of the highlights are described here Day Tours from Hamburg 34 Lübeck 34a Holstentor Holstentorplatz www.die-luebecker-museen.de The impressive town gate Holstentor is built in 1464-1478 as a part of the town’s defence buildings Today the gate is Lübeck’s landmark Lübeck, 70 km NE www.luebeck-tourism.de Station:... about the significance of the port and about North Germany in general, to mention just two Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 23 Germany Day Tours from Hamburg Northeast of and at close distance to Hamburg lies the historical Hanseatic town Lübeck In addition to being on UNESCO’s list of the cultural heritages of the world, Lübeck is a particularly cosy town with an ambience from the time when the Hanseatic... Stettin On the way to the harbour-museum from the centre of Altona it is possible to walk along the fashionable street, Elbchaussee, on which there are quite a few large mansions 32 Altonaer Museum Museumstraße 23 www.altonaer-museum.de S-Bahn: Bahnhof Altona This is Altona’s town museum, which also functions as regional museum for the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein At the museum the history of the city... online to find out what we are offering and how we are working together to ensure the energy of the future Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 21 Germany Tour 4: Hamburg Incidentally, it was just east of Fishmarkt that the former border between Altona and Hamburg and thereby between Denmark and Germany lay From Fishmarkt the border roughly followed the present Peppermöhlenbek and Herrenweide towards... old stock exchange, whose current building was built in 1839-1841 in Classicistic style The building contains fine details on the front as well as, for example, in the Stock Exchange hall, to which there is public access Incidentally, Jungfernstieg was the first street in Germany to be asphalted in 1838 Hamburg’s stock exchange was founded as far back as 1558 as stock exchange for securities; today... who were regular visitors because of its proximity to Hamburg’s port by the Elbe The church was extended during the following centuries, and in 1657 the Baroque top of the tower was finished 9a Speicherstadt Museum St Annenufer 2 www.speicherstadtmuseum.de U-Bahn: Meßberg Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 12 Germany Tour 2: Hamburg 11a Alsterrundfart www.alstertouristik.de Many tour-boats and liners... part of Hamburg, but for many centuries the town was an independent competitor to the larger neighbour only a few kilometres to the east Altona was founded in 1535, and belonged to Denmark until 1864 As far back as 1664 the town received its charter from King Frederik III, which entailed exemption from import tax, which again brought plenty of opportunities to advance commerce 28 Fischmarkt S-Bahn: Reeperbahn... is very beautifully decorated West of Lübeck town centre it is possible to sail on the ‘Stadt ditch’, which was dug out as one of many works of defence against perpetrators coming from without, wanting to capture or plunder the prosperous town The dig is a good 20 metres wide, up to 10 metres deep and zigzags in order to make it more difficult for enemies to capture Lübeck from seaward THE BEST MASTER... Germany, Helgoland is included in the European Union customs zone and has established itself as duty-free area This is an aspect most visitors take advantage of on the 4 hour long stay provided by a one-day trip to the island Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 28 Germany Day Tours from Hamburg The town hall is located in the Markt square, in which quite a few other beautiful houses lie Remember to . bookboon.com Germany 4 Kapiteloverskrift ONLIBRI Download free ebooks at bookboon.com Germany 5 A visit to Hamburg www.hamburg-tourism.de www .germany- tourism.de Hamburg. city one of Germany s windows to the world. Historical outline Download free ebooks at bookboon.com Please click the advert Germany 8 Tour 1: Hamburg