Other Prominent Buildings in Lübeck

 Heiliger-Geist-Hospital

Tel: (0451) 79 07-841.

Timings: Apr–Sep: 10am–5pm Tue–Sun; Oct–Mar: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun.

The Holy Ghost hospital is the best preserved Medieval building of its type in central Europe. Built in the shape of the letter T, it has a shorter western section with a twinaisled hall-church, containing frescos of Christ and the Madonna on Solomon’s Throne and Majestas Domini. The second section contains the actual hospice.

In 1820, small cubicles were created for the elderly, who lived here until 1970.

 St Anne’s Museum

Tel: (0451) 122 4137.

Timings: Jan–May: 11am–5pm Tue–Sun, Apr–Dec: 10am–5pm Tue–Sun.

Holidays: Easter, 24, 25, 31 Dec.

The Augustinian convent houses unusual Lubeck art treasures. There is an impressive number of wooden Gothic altars, commissioned by wealthy families for their private chapels in one of the five churches. The altars were supposed to bring them eternal salvation after death, and to symbolize the wealth and prestige of the family during their lifetime. Gems of the collection are the Hans Memling altar with Christ’s Passion, and the external side wings of the Schonenfahrer Altar by Bernt Notke.

 Schabbelhaus

Originally the western, wealthier half of Lubeck had many patrician houses, facing the streets with their ornate brick gables. Many of these were damaged in the bombing raids of March 1942, but after World War II they were carefully restored. The most interesting buildings survived in Mengstrasse, in particular the famous Schabbelhaus at No.48. Built in 1558, this house gained a magnificent Baroque hall in the 18th century. Today it is an attraction in its own right as well as a restaurant.