City of Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Hansestadt Lübeck

Last modified: 2001-09-08 by santiago dotor
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by Jan Oskar Engene

• Introduction

See also:

• Free Hanseatic City of Lübeck 1226-1937 (Freie Hansestadt Lübeck, Germany)
• Hanseatic Cities (Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland)
• Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
• Germany

The flag of Lübeck is white over red — these colours are used by many North German cities (for example Bremen and Hamburg). In the upper hoist corner is a black double headed eagle with red claws and beaks, and with a white over red shield.

Jan Oskar Engene, 13 May 1996

After 1945, unlike [the other two prewar Hanseatic cities] Hamburg and Bremen, Lübeck was not re-established as a state [Land].

Norman Martin, 25 February 1998

Actually, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Lübeck was incorporated into Schleswig-Holstein in 1937, during the Third Reich regime.

Santiago Dotor, 1 February 2001