Klassik Altstadt Hotel

Top choice in Lübeck


Each of the 29 rooms at this elegantly furnished boutique hotel are dedicated to a different, mostly German, writer or artist, such as Thomas Mann or Johann Sebastian Bach. Single rooms (some share baths and are great value) feature travelogues by famous authors.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Lübeck attractions

1. Buddenbrookhaus

0.17 MILES

Thomas Mann, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Lübeck in 1875, and his family’s former home is now the Buddenbrookhaus. Named…

2. Willy Brandt House

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Besides Gunther Grass, Lübeck's other big Nobel Prize winner was chancellor of West Germany (1969–74) and was honoured for his efforts to reconcile with…

3. Katharinenkirche

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Art lovers will enjoy the Katharinenkirche for its sculptures by Ernst Barlach and Gerhard Marcks, plus The Resurrection of Lazarus by Tintoretto. It has…

4. Marienkirche

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This fine Gothic church boasts the world's highest brick-vaulted roof and was the model for dozens of churches in northern Germany. Crane your neck to…

5. Heiligen-Geist-Hospital

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The former Heiligen-Geist-Hospital has an elegant old entryway and a few resonances of Germany's first hospital (dating back to 1227). Through an early…

6. Günter Grass-Haus

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Born in Danzig (now Gdańsk), Poland, Günter Grass had been living just outside Lübeck for 13 years when he collected his Nobel Prize in 1999. But this…

7. Rathaus

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Sometimes described as a ‘fairy tale in stone’, Lübeck’s 13th- to 15th-century Rathaus is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in Germany. Inside,…

8. Füchtingshof

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Among Lübeck's famous Höfe (courtyards), this is one of the most beautiful, although it's not always open.