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Quality of LifeCulture - Avenues, Castles and Stately HomesFor centuries people in the Lauenburg area have cared for and carefully shaped their environment-into a culturally rich landscape for discovering and relaxing. Here traces of more than a thousand years of settlements and buildings remain. Well fortified manor houses. |
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romantic and early village churches, water and windmills are evidence of life full of tradition
and successful industry. Romantic avenues lead today through the countryside and let you experience
the mature culture of the landscape. The County of the Duchy of Lauenburg itself was only formed in 1876 and annexed at that time to the province of Schleswig-Holstein - unchanged today. Hamburg and Lübeck continually had an influence on the develoment of the region, and gave it large urban enclaves in its county. The accomplishments of the people, and their steadfastness, have ensured that tried and tested structures were retained and utilised for the growing development of the county. |
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Cultural FiguresFrom the Duchy of Lauenburg this man changed the world: Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) experimented in 1866 in the Nitro-Glycerine works in Geesthacht - he discovered dynamite. On the banks of the Elbe one of the largest exposives' factory in the world emerged and brought him a fortune. The basis for the renowned Foundation which every year awards the Nobel Prize. |
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| A. Paul Weber (1893-1980) always holds a mirror in front of his fellow man.
The graphic artist and painter, always critical of the age he lived in, spent his 44 years
in the village of Schretstaken. The A. Paul Weber Museum in Ratzeburg offers a glimpse into his life's work. |
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| Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), known more than anything for sculptures and drawings, belongs to the most important German expressionists. His "Old Father's House" in Ratzeburg, as he himself called it, has been an exhibition venue since 1956. Barlach spent his schooldays in the half-timbered house. | |
Stars on Many StagesThere are no limits to the cultural experience in the Duchy of Lauenburg County. For music lovers there are compulsory dates: the Ratzeburg Cathedral Music Concerts and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF). The summer music events in the 850 year old brick-built Cathedral, financed by Heinrich the Lion, attracts visitors all year round. With an international organ week and summer academy, the church music director Professor Dr. Neithard Bethke has put in place melodious works. |
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| For more than 20 years the SHMF has above all been one of the most successful and splendid international cultural events An additional attraction for the public as well has been the Castle Wotersen with the Music Festival in the Country - in splendid parkland at the wonderful stately home which dates from the 18th Century. |  |
| Only a just over half an hour's drive away: the cultural town of Luebeck, at one time Queen of the Hanseatic League and full of interesting museums, exhibitions, galleries and musical offerings - and of course the pulsating City of Hamburg: theatre, operas. ballet, music, entertainment, and world-class exhibitions. And two major towns, pacesetters in the European cultre scene, are equally quickly reached: Berlin and Copenhagen. | |
