Travemünde

Travemünde is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, and the Danes subsequently strengthened it. Wikipedia

Population 13,913 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 25 in Dec, dark by 15:54 · 17 h 06 in Jun
  1. January: 7 h 57 of daylight
  2. February: 9 h 47 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 47 of daylight
  4. April: 14 h 01 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 57 of daylight
  6. June: 17 h 06 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 38 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 54 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 46 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 37 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 35 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 25 of daylight
Tourist office · 610 m Tourist Information

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Travemünder Woche

    July

    The Travemünder Woche (engl. Travemünde Week) is the second largest annual race week in sailing in Germany (after Kiel Week).

    Official site Wikipedia

1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Travemünde); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Fährplatz

    Opening hours

    May-Sep: Mo, Th 08:00-14:00; Oct-Apr: Mo,Th 08:00-14:00

    610 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 18 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Lübeck-Travemünde Skandinavienkai 1.7 km, Lübeck-Kücknitz 5.3 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.