Schleswig-Holstein - 60 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is a northwestern state of Germany. The state is known for its history, culture, and architecture. There is a river called Eider which forms the historic border between Schleswig and Holstein.

Types of Attractions in Schleswig-Holstein

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List of Attractions in Schleswig-Holstein

Heligoland

Heligoland

Islands

Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. It's a somewhat popular destination for one-day ship cruises. It is today a peaceful tourist destination and bird observatory, popular with day-trippers because of its sandy beaches and clean air. It is a square kilometer of island bliss between sky and sea.

Holstein Switzerland Nature Park

Holstein Switzerland Nature Park

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Forests

The Holstein Switzerland Nature Park provides breeding and resting points for many aquatic birds such as the great crested grebe and the coot. Keen birdwatchers should head to the Heidmoor area for a glimpse into the world of the corn crake or the Rathjensdorf area to spot the white-tailed eagle. The Kalkberg hill is located at the heart of Bad Segeberg, providing the backdrop for the Karl May Festival. Its underground system of caves is home to more than 20,000 bats.

Hornum Odde

The Hörnum-Odde is a dune and heathland on the southern tip of the North Frisian island of Sylt in the municipality of Hörnum. To the east is the priel Hörnumtief , southwest the prielsenke Hörnumloch and the sand Theeknobs. The two-kilometer Odde stands since 1972 under nature protection and is due to their exposed position especially tidal currents and storm surges threatened. The Hörnum-Odde is of great tourist importance.

Hummerbuden

Hummerbuden

Iconic Buildings

The Hummerbuden are former sheds and workshops of the fishermen on the North Sea island of Helgoland. After the destruction of World War II and the resettlement of Heligoland in 1952, the lobster booths were designed by the Hamburg architect Georg Wellhausen. The color scheme came from Johannes Ufer. Gable profiles and wooden cladding are typical of his lobster booths. Before the Second World War, lobster scales were inconsistent scales in different places.

Kellersee

Kellersee

Lake/ River/ Ponds

The Kellersee is a lake in Holstein Switzerland. It lies east of Malente in the course of the Schwentine, is 560 hectares in size, up to 27 m deep and is about 24 m above sea level. NN . To the southeast of the lake is the Eutin district of Fissau , on the north bank the district of Sielbeck. It is managed by the Schwarten fishery. This also runs a small restaurant directly on the lake shore.

Kiellinie

Kiellinie

Outdoors- Other

The Kiellinie is a promenade in the Kiel districts of Düsternbrook and Wik. The promenade is particularly popular with locals and guests because of the hustle and bustle, especially during Kiel Week , the unobstructed view of incoming cruise ships and the very good view of the east bank with the shipyards of German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, the former Howaldtswerke -Deutsche Werft, and their large portal cranes , which are considered to be Kiel's landmarks.

Kniepsand

Kniepsand

Outdoors- Other

The Kniepsand, formerly Knipsand is an extremely slow-moving sandbank in the North Sea. It lies west of the Schleswig-Holstein island of Amrum and covers an area of ​​around 10 km². The Föhr-Amrum office specifies the area of ​​Amrum with and without Kniepsand. Since the area is not usually flooded, it is high sand.

Kunsthalle zu Kiel

The Kunsthalle zu Kiel is an art museum in Kiel and, with 2,000 m² of exhibition space, the largest museum in the state capital. The art gallery is located north of the city center on Düsternbrooker Weg - close to the palace gardens and the Kiel Fjord. The museum houses the collection of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Association, founded in 1843.

Lange Anna

Lange Anna

Outdoors- Other

The Lange Anna is a 47-meter high pier in the extreme northwest of the German North Sea island of Helgoland. It weighs around 25,000 tons, is made of red sandstone, and has an area of ​​180 m². Short Anna, which is about 50 meters to the east, is less prominent and is connected to the Heligoland Oberland. It is a popular destination for tourists and a landmark for Heligoland.

Langeneß

Langeneß

Outdoors- Other

Langeneß is a Hallig in the area of ​​the North Frisian Islands off the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast between the large priels Norderaue and Süderaue. Langeneß itself has 16 Warften and is the largest Hallig. It has about 100 inhabitants and 58 households. There is also a daily ferry service to this beautiful place.

Leuchtturm Amrum

Leuchtturm Amrum

Lighthouses

The Amrum lighthouse is in the south of the German North Sea island of Amrum, about two kilometers west of Wittdün. It belongs to the municipality of Nebel and is one of the landmarks of the island. It is open to the public in the summer months. Also on Amrum are the beacons of Norddorf and Nebel and the disused fire carriers of Wittdün. The Wriakhörn beacon was dismantled in 2016.

Leuchtturm Dahmeshöved

The Dahmeshöved lighthouse is a beacon in the municipality of Dahme in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein. It was built in 1878/79 according to plans by Ludwig Alexander Veitmeyer on a Höved and was used for shipping on the Lübeck-Gedser-Weg in the Lübeck and Mecklenburg Bay. The lighthouse, which is a listed building, had an air mist sound system or a foghorn.

Leuchtturm Staberhuk

The Staberhuk lighthouse is located in the southeast of the island of Fehmarn, a few kilometers east of the Fehmarnsund Bridge. Together with the Flügge lighthouse, it marks the route in Fehmarnsund. The tower is equipped with the original belt lens from the English lighthouse on Heligoland, which was dismantled in 1902. It has a height of 2.41 m and a focal length of 925 mm. It was one of the main attractions in this area.

Lübeck Cathedral

Lübeck Cathedral is a large brick-built Lutheran cathedral in Lübeck, Germany and part of the Lübeck World Heritage Site. this Romanesque building was transformed and extended in the Gothic style. Inside, admire the gigantic crucifix sculpted by Bernt Notke between 1470 and 1477 in the Late-Gothic style. One of the main pilgrimage centres in this area and also the main tourist attraction too.

Marienkirche

Marienkirche

Churches

The Lübeck Marienkirche was built from 1277 to 1351. The Lübeck Citizens' Church and Market Church has always been a symbol of power and prosperity in the old Hanseatic city and is located on the highest point of Lübeck's old town island. The church is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Lübeck Old Town. St. Marien is considered the "mother church of brick Gothic " and one of the main works of the church building in the Baltic Sea region. It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern G

Meereszentrum Fehmarn

The Meereszentrum Fehmarn is a show aquarium in Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn. Sharks and tropical coral gardens are presented on an area of ​​3000 m² or 4 million liters of seawater. In the 3 million liter ocean aquarium there are several types of shark. In a 0.4 million liter tank with an underwater tunnel, there are rays and groupers. The tropical marine animals such as corals, jellyfish, seahorses, and coral fish have presented in around 35 individual aquariums.

Multimar Wattforum

Multimar Wattforum

Iconic Buildings

Museums

The Multimar Wattforum in Tönning is the largest information center for the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park. It was opened in 1999 and expanded for the first time in January 2003. Its purpose is to inform the visitors of the national park about life in the Wadden Sea in different areas. In addition, the aquariums of the Wattforum - 11 large and 17 special aquariums with a total volume of 150 m³ - serve as a breeding site for threatened creatures.

Museum Art of the West Coast

The Museum Art of the West Coast is a beautiful art museum that mainly focuses on painting from 1830 until 1930 in the four North Sea countries of Norway, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, to which the self-chosen general subject of “sea and seaside” is central. The collection concept encompasses the magnificent landscapes as well as the various areas of life and works along the west coast of the North Sea from northern Norway to the southern Netherlands.

Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus

This is a beautiful art museum which was l0cated in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany. It was a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie and it exhibits a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie. The museum is also known for its collection of works by Edvard Munch.

Museum Holstentor

Museum Holstentor

Iconic Buildings

Museums

The Museum Holstentor is a metropolis gate marking off the western boundary of the old center of the Hanseatic town of Lübeck. It was built in 1464, the Brick Gothic construction is one of the relics of Lubeck's medieval city fortifications and considered one of final city gates, the opposite being the Citadel Gate. Known for its -spherical towers and arched front, it's far regarded today as a image of the city.

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