Lübeck - Quiz
Lübeck
  • 1. Which author from Lübeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929?
A) Heinrich Mann
B) Emanuel Geibel
C) Thomas Mann
D) Gustav Falke
  • 2. Which swimmer won three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics?
A) Sandra Völker
B) Tobias Kamke
C) Marie-Louise Dräger
D) Maximilian Munski
  • 3. Who was known as 'the infant scholar of Lübeck'?
A) Adam Brand
B) Christian Friedrich Heinecken
C) Arnold of Lübeck
D) Erasmus Finx
  • 4. What was the profession of Hermann Blohm?
A) Diplomat
B) Philosopher
C) Architect
D) Shipbuilder
  • 5. Which individual served as the chief commissioner of the Federal Criminal Police Office from 2004 to 2014?
A) Hermann Pister
B) Jörg Wontorra
C) Jörg Ziercke
D) Kurd von Schlözer
  • 6. What sport is Marie-Louise Dräger known for?
A) Tennis
B) Cycling
C) Rowing
D) Swimming
  • 7. Who was the Nazi SS commandant of Buchenwald Concentration Camp?
A) Hermann Pister
B) Hermann Görtz
C) Walter Ewers
D) Heinrich Mann
  • 8. What was the primary profession of Tobias Kamke?
A) Swimmer
B) Rower
C) Tennis player
D) Footballer
  • 9. Who wrote 'The Germans in England 1066–1598'?
A) Ian Duncan Colvin
B) Arnold of Lübeck
C) Helen Zimmern
D) David Nicolle
  • 10. Which of these individuals was a professional sports journalist?
A) Jörg Wontorra
B) Peter Schneider
C) Friedrich Ranke
D) Heinrich Mann
  • 11. What was the occupation of Hans Blumenberg?
A) Philosopher
B) Historian
C) Merchant
D) Architect
  • 12. Which rower was a silver medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
A) Sandra Völker
B) Tobias Kamke
C) Maximilian Munski
D) Marie-Louise Dräger
  • 13. Who was a spy for Nazi Germany in Britain and Ireland?
A) Walter Ewers
B) Hermann Görtz
C) Hermann Pister
D) Adam Brand
  • 14. Which historical figure was a diplomat and historian?
A) Kurd von Schlözer
B) Christian Adolph Overbeck
C) Arnold of Lübeck
D) Erasmus Finx
  • 15. Who was the author of the contemporary chronicles and died between 1211 and 1214?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Erasmus Finx
C) Arnold of Lübeck
D) Johann Bernhard Vermehren
  • 16. Which occupation was held by Laurentius Surius?
A) Landscape painter
B) Nuclear physicist
C) Lutheran church historian
D) Carthusian monk and hagiographer
  • 17. When were the Lübeck Martyrs executed?
A) 10 November 1937
B) 10 November 1945
C) 10 November 1933
D) 10 November 1943
  • 18. Who was the Mayor of Lübeck who lost the Battle of Helsingborg?
A) Johann Wittenborg
B) Jürgen Wullenwever
C) Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
D) Werner Huno
  • 19. Which role did Willy Brandt hold in Germany?
A) German chancellor
B) Nuclear physicist
C) Mayor of Lübeck
D) Court painter
  • 20. Who discovered the Meibomian gland?
A) Robert Christian Avé-Lallemant
B) Friedrich Matthias Claudius
C) Heinrich Meibom
D) Hermann von Fehling
  • 21. What is the profession of Jonas Nay?
A) Chemist
B) Diplomat
C) Organist
D) Actor
  • 22. Who was the impressionist painter and sister of Cornelia Schorer?
A) Helga Kleiner
B) Maria Slavona
C) Birgitt Ory
D) Catharina Elisabeth Heinecken
  • 23. Which political party is Robert Habeck associated with?
A) CDU
B) AfD
C) SPD
D) Alliance 90/The Greens
  • 24. Who set up the Riga Ghetto?
A) Jürgen Wullenwever
B) Johann Wittenborg
C) Otto-Heinrich Drechsler
D) Gustav Radbruch
  • 25. What was the professional field of Ernst Curtius?
A) Classical archaeologist and historian
B) Violinist
C) Nuclear physicist
D) Baroque painter
  • 26. Who was one of Germany's first female physicians?
A) Catharina Elisabeth Heinecken
B) Helga Kleiner
C) Maria Slavona
D) Cornelia Schorer
  • 27. What was the role of Dieterich Buxtehude?
A) Actor
B) Mathematician
C) Diplomat
D) Composer and organist
  • 28. What is a legendary origin story for the creation of marzipan in Lübeck?
A) An ancient royal wedding
B) A maritime accident involving almond shipments
C) A famine year or military siege
D) Trade agreements with Persia
  • 29. What is the primary function of the Academy of Hearing Acoustics?
A) Teaching the history of the Hanseatic League
B) Vocational training for hearing-aid professionals
C) Training students in maritime navigation
D) Researching new music technologies
  • 30. Which is the oldest and smallest part of Lübeck?
A) St. Jürgen
B) Schlutup
C) Travemünde
D) City centre (Innenstadt)
  • 31. Which district has the highest population density in Lübeck?
A) St. Lorenz-South
B) St. Gertrud
C) Buntekuh
D) Moisling
  • 32. Where is the Citti-Park, Lübeck's biggest mall, located?
A) Buntekuh
B) Travemünde
C) City centre
D) St. Gertrud
  • 33. Which district is mainly known for its natural surroundings including the forest Lauerholz?
A) St. Gertrud
B) Moisling
C) Kücknitz
D) Buntekuh
  • 34. What is the secondary tourist destination in Lübeck known for its beach?
A) City centre
B) St. Jürgen
C) Travemünde
D) Schlutup
  • 35. Which district served as the former principal industrial area of Lübeck?
A) St. Gertrud
B) Kücknitz
C) Moisling
D) St. Lorenz-South
  • 36. Which state is Lübeck located in?
A) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
B) Lower Saxony
C) Schleswig-Holstein
D) Hamburg
  • 37. What river flows through Lübeck into the Bay of Lübeck?
A) Elbe
B) Trave
C) Wakenitz
D) Schwartau
  • 38. What was the name of the Slavic settlement founded before 819?
A) Lübeck
B) Wagria
C) Liubice
D) Starigard
  • 39. In what year did Lübeck receive Soest city rights?
A) 1260
B) 1226
C) 1160
D) 1937
  • 40. How many church towers in Lübeck surpass 100 meters?
A) Six
B) Eight
C) Seven
D) Five
  • 41. What is Lübeck's most famous culinary specialty?
A) Sausage
B) Marzipan
C) Cheese
D) Pretzels
  • 42. Until what year did Lübeck maintain its status as an independent city?
A) 1226
B) 1880
C) 1945
D) 1937
  • 43. What is the primary air hub for the city of Lübeck?
A) Hamburg Airport
B) Kiel Airport
C) Lübeck-Blankensee Airport
D) Berlin Brandenburg Airport
  • 44. Which railway line connects Lübeck to Scandinavia?
A) Vogelfluglinie
B) Baltic Link
C) Hanseatic Express
D) Nordic Rails
  • 45. What is the approximate population of Lübeck?
A) 300,000
B) 500,000
C) 220,000
D) 150,000
  • 46. When was the settlement first recorded under the name Liubice?
A) 819
B) 1072
C) 1138
D) 1143
  • 47. Which count founded a new town on the river island of Bucu in 1143?
A) Frederick Barbarossa
B) Henry the Lion
C) Adolf II
D) Frederick II
  • 48. What is the origin of the name Lübeck?
A) A Germanic royal title
B) A Slavic personal name
C) A Roman trading term
D) A name of a Baltic deity
  • 49. In what year was the Slavic fortification at Old Lübeck destroyed?
A) 1226
B) 1160
C) 1138
D) 1181
  • 50. Who transferred the bishopric from Oldenburg to Lübeck in 1160?
A) Henry the Lion
B) Frederick II
C) Adolf II
D) Frederick Barbarossa
  • 51. What status did Emperor Frederick II grant Lübeck in 1226?
A) Imperial immediacy
B) Regional protectorate
C) Monarchical immunity
D) Duchy status
  • 52. Approximately how many towns adopted Lübeck law?
A) Fewer than 10
B) Around 500
C) Exactly 50
D) More than 100
  • 53. What was the result of Lübeck's intervention in the Count's Feud from 1534 to 1536?
A) It solidified Baltic trade dominance
B) It was unsuccessful
C) It resulted in a new imperial grant
D) It caused the league to dissolve immediately
  • 54. When did the last Hanseatic diet meet in Lübeck?
A) 1806
B) 1811
C) 1871
D) 1669
  • 55. In what year was Lübeck incorporated into the First French Empire?
A) 1813
B) 1815
C) 1806
D) 1811
  • 56. Lübeck joined the German Empire in which year?
A) 1900
B) 1871
C) 1815
D) 1866
  • 57. In what year was the Elbe-Lübeck Canal completed?
A) 1897
B) 1906
C) 1900
D) 1867
  • 58. When was the Herrenwyk ironworks founded?
A) 1900
B) 1906
C) 1897
D) 1877
  • 59. What was the date of the RAF raid that caused a firestorm in Lübeck?
A) 6 November 1806
B) 2 May 1945
C) 28 March 1942
D) 3 May 1945
  • 60. Where was the northernmost road crossing into East Germany located?
A) Herrenwyk
B) Schlutup
C) Hamburg
D) The historic centre
  • 61. In what year did UNESCO designate Lübeck's historic centre a World Heritage Site?
A) 1987
B) 2015
C) 1937
D) 1949
  • 62. Lübeck hosted which international conference in April 2015?
A) G20 conference
B) G7 conference
C) European Union summit
D) NATO summit
  • 63. Which political party became the largest in the Lübeck parliament in 1932?
A) The Communist Party
B) The Green Party
C) The Social Democratic Party
D) The Nazi Party
  • 64. What was the name of the prisoner-of-war camp that operated in Lübeck from 1940 to 1945?
A) Oflag X-C
B) Schlutup Camp
C) Neuengamme
D) Stalag 76
  • 65. What is the Köppen climate classification for Lübeck?
A) Cfb
B) Bsk
C) Dfc
D) Aw
  • 66. What is the average temperature in Lübeck during the winter?
A) 5 °C
B) 2 °C
C) -2 °C
D) 0 °C
  • 67. What was the highest temperature ever recorded in Lübeck?
A) 32.7 °C
B) 38.0 °C
C) 35.5 °C
D) 40.2 °C
  • 68. In what year was the driest year recorded in Lübeck?
A) 2010
B) 1998
C) 1912
D) 1959
  • 69. Who is the current mayor of Lübeck?
A) Jan Lindenau
B) Olaf Scholz
C) Frank-Walter Steinmeier
D) Angela Merkel
  • 70. How many overnight stays were recorded in Lübeck in 2019?
A) 1 million
B) 500,000
C) 2 million
D) 5 million
  • 71. Where is the famous handicrafts market held during the Christmas season?
A) Market Square
B) Holstentor
C) Heiligen-Geist-Hospital
D) City Hall
  • 72. What is the lowest temperature recorded in Lübeck?
A) -16.1 °C
B) -10.0 °C
C) -27.2 °C
D) -20.5 °C
  • 73. In which century did Lübeck join the Hanseatic League?
A) 15th century
B) 18th century
C) 10th century
D) 12th century
  • 74. What percentage of Lübeck's city was destroyed during the Second World War?
A) Almost 30%
B) Almost 20%
C) Almost 10%
D) Almost 50%
  • 75. When was the Holstentor built?
A) 1464 to 1478
B) 1334 to 1350
C) 1444 to 1460
D) 1286 to 1300
  • 76. Which city gate in Lübeck was completed in 1444?
A) Salzspeicher Gate
B) Holstentor
C) Koberg Gate
D) Burgtor
  • 77. In what year was the Hospital of the Holy Spirit built?
A) 1444
B) 1286
C) 1250
D) 1334
  • 78. What is the Katharineum today?
A) A city warehouse
B) A musical conservatory
C) A hospital
D) A Latin school
  • 79. What was stored in the historic Salzspeicher warehouses?
A) Salt
B) Textiles
C) Grain
D) Spices
  • 80. The Church of St Lawrence is located on the site of a cemetery for victims of what?
A) World War II bombing
B) The Great Fire
C) 19th-century cholera
D) 16th-century plague
  • 81. Who initiated the tradition of weekly Abendmusiken in the Marienkirche?
A) Dieterich Buxtehude
B) Franz Tunder
C) Thomas Mann
D) Johann Sebastian Bach
  • 82. Which famous composer married Franz Tunder's daughter in 1668?
A) Mattheson
B) Handel
C) Dieterich Buxtehude
D) Bach
  • 83. Which composer visited Lübeck in 1705 to hear Buxtehude perform?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Günter Grass
C) Bach
D) Lothar Malskat
  • 84. What is the title of the 1901 novel by Thomas Mann about Lübeck bourgeoisie?
A) The Old Town
B) Abendmusiken
C) The Rat
D) Buddenbrooks
  • 85. Who painted new works and passed them off as medieval fresco restorations in the 1950s?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Lothar Malskat
C) Franz Tunder
D) Dieterich Buxtehude
  • 86. In which novel did Günter Grass feature the art scandal involving Lothar Malskat?
A) The Fresco
B) The Baltic Sea
C) Buddenbrooks
D) The Rat
  • 87. Where is the writer Günter Grass buried?
A) Behlendorf
B) Lüneburg
C) Travemünde
D) Lübeck
  • 88. Which institution recognized that Lübeck's Old City layout remains largely unaltered?
A) The City Council
B) UNESCO
C) The German Historical Society
D) The European Union
  • 89. In which year did Lübeck twin with Kotka, Finland?
A) 1999
B) 1969
C) 1990
D) 1987
  • 90. Which city is a twin town of Lübeck since 1987?
A) Kawasaki
B) Bergen
C) Venice
D) Wismar
  • 91. Which of these cities has friendly relations, rather than a twinning agreement, with Lübeck?
A) La Rochelle
B) Visby
C) Venice
D) Klaipėda
  • 92. When did Lübeck establish friendly relations with Shaoxing, China?
A) 1996
B) 1979
C) 1992
D) 2003
  • 93. Which motorway connects Lübeck to Hamburg, Bremen, and Cologne?
A) A20
B) A10
C) A226
D) A1
  • 94. The A20 motorway connects Lübeck to which country?
A) Norway
B) Poland
C) Sweden
D) Finland
  • 95. Which motorway heads to the seaport city of Travemünde?
A) A1
B) A20
C) A25
D) A226
  • 96. How many bus lines are operated by the Lübeck City Transport Company?
A) 55
B) 10
C) 40
D) 25
  • 97. What is the name of the main port located in Travemünde?
A) Baltik-Hafen
B) Skandinavienkai
C) Nordkai
D) Lübeck-Hafen
  • 98. Lübeck's port is the second-largest of what type in Germany?
A) Container port
B) North Sea port
C) Baltic port
D) Inland port
  • 99. Where is Lübeck Airport located?
A) Wismar
B) Hamburg
C) Travemünde
D) Blankensee
  • 100. How far is the nearest major airport (Hamburg Airport) from Lübeck?
A) 120 km
B) 50 km
C) 74 km
D) 100 km
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