Lübeck

This summer (at least that's what they said it still was) I decided to spend some days in the city of Lübeck, capital of the Hanseatic League.
After seeing so much new stuff on my trip to the USA, I now needed the special feeling of walking among historic building.

At first some general impressions of the city:

 

Considerable parts of the old city fortifications are still intact

Also once a part of the city fortifications but already militarily obsolete when it was built in the 15th century, the Holstentor

A wooden model of the city in the 17th century

Throughout the city you can find houses with gates that lead to inner courtyards with nice little houses, the former poorer people's quarters

The most impressive building is without question the town hall, a huge building, especially for the time it was built.

The inside is even better and speaks volumes about how rich this city has been a couple of hundred years ago.

The entrance hall

The upper floor

The remains of a medieval mural

Door to the court room and the inside of it