Travemünde is a harbour town where daily passenger and cargo ferries leaves to Scandinavia. Originally Travemünde was a small fisher village but it's position at the river Trave let it grew to a smaller harbour town. Today tourism is the main source of employment and income. The old town maintained it's sleepy character despite the fact that at weekends there are loads of tourists. Almost every hour a train from Lübeck main station goes to Travemünde and on weekends much more trains arrive.
Travemünde is a borough of Lübeck located at the mouth of river Trave into Lübeck Bay. Travemünde arose out of a stronghold placed here by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, and the Danes subsequently strengthened it. It became a town in 1317 and in 1329 passed into the possession of the free city of Lübeck, to which it has since belonged. Its fortifications were demolished in 1807.
Travemünde is an old seaside resort (since 1802) and Germany's largest ferry port at the Baltic Sea with destinations to Sweden, Finland and Estonia. The lighthouse is from 1539 and the oldest German lighthouse at the Baltic coast. An other attraction of Travemünde is the Flying P-Liner Passat, a museum ship anchored in the mouth of river Trave.
The annual Travemünder Woche is a traditional sailing race week in Northern Europe. The annual Sand festival in Travemünde ist known as the Sand World.
Travemünde offers you everything: The great outdoors, romance, culture and sports. You can also take a tour on a bicycle or in a horse-drawn carriage, or go shopping on the Vorderreihe. If you like the beach, there is one 4.5 kilometers long and wider than any other beach on Germany's Baltic coast. Enjoy the romance, sports and Travemünde's culture.
