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Lübeck Old Town
The UNESCO-listed 'Queen of the Hanseatic League,' known for its brick Gothic architecture, Holstentor gate, and world-famous marzipan.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Ratzeburg
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe
About Ratzeburg
Ratzeburg is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Schlagsdorf, 19km from Lübeck Old Town.
Ratzeburg is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Schlagsdorf, about 5 km away.
Ratzeburg (German pronunciation: [ˈʁatsəbʊʁk] ; Low German: Ratzborg) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by four lakes—the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the district Herzogtum Lauenburg.
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What is there to see near Ratzeburg?
Within an hour or so of Ratzeburg: Lübeck Old Town (19 km), Speicherstadt (54 km), Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (54 km), Elbphilharmonie (55 km).
Where is Ratzeburg?
Ratzeburg is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 5 km from Schlagsdorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,623
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.6996, 10.7726
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Ratzeburg
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
54 km · about 65 min drive
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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg's stunning concert hall rising like a glass wave atop a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe, with a free public plaza offering harbour views.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Lüneburg Old Town
A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
56 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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