     the hanseatic city of lÃ¼beck (, low german ) is the second-largest city in schleswig-holstein, in northern germany, and one of the major ports of germany. situated on the river trave, it was for several centuries the "capital" of the hanseatic league ("queen of the hanse"). because of its extensive brick gothic architecture, it is listed by unesco as a world heritage site. in 2005 it had a population of 213,983. the old part of lÃ¼beck is on an island enclosed by the trave. the elbeâlÃ¼beck canal connects the trave with the elbe river. another important river near the town centre is the wakenitz. the autobahn 1 connects lÃ¼beck with hamburg and denmark (vogelfluglinie). the borough of travemÃ¼nde is a sea resort and ferry port on the coast of the baltic sea. its central station links lÃ¼beck to a number of railway lines, notably the line to hamburg. ==history==   the area around lÃ¼beck was settled after the last ice age. several neolithic dolmens can be found in the area. around ad 700 slavic peoples started coming into the eastern parts of holstein, which had previously been settled by germanic inhabitants; the latter had moved on in the course of the migration period. in the
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