page_title: Lübeck
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Lübeck / Notable people / Politics
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Porträt Willy Brandt, Bundeskanzler 1969–1974, im Jahr 1980. Information added by Wikimedia users.English: Willy Brandt: German Chancellor (1969—1974), Mayor of West-Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany (West-Germany), 1980 Original description by the Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung (BPA): „Willy Brandt 1980 Album Willy Brandt Bundeskanzler 1969 - 1974“ Abgebildete Personen: Brandt, Willy: Bundeskanzler, Vorsitzender der SPD, Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin-West, Bundesrepublik Deutschland GND 11851444X
context_page_description: Lübeck, officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
  , is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. On the river Trave, it was the leading city of the Hanseatic League, and because of its extensive Brick Gothic architecture, it is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. In 2015, it had a population of 218,523.
  The old part of Lübeck is on an island enclosed by the Trave. The Elbe–Lübeck Canal connects the Trave with the Elbe River. Another important river near the town centre is the Wakenitz. Autobahn 1 connects Lübeck with Hamburg and Denmark. Travemünde is a sea resort and ferry port on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Lübeck Hauptbahnhof links Lübeck to a number of railway lines, notably the line to Hamburg.
context_section_description: Johann Wittenborg (1321– beheaded 1363) Mayor of Lübeck, lost the Battle of Helsingborg
  Jürgen Wullenwever (c.1492–1537) was burgomaster of Lübeck from 1533 to 1535
  Friedrich Krüger (1819-1896) diplomat for the Hanseatic cities of Lübeck, Hamburg and Bremen
  Gustav Radbruch (1878-1949), legal scholar and politician
  Hermann Lüdemann (1880-1959), CDU politician
  Otto-Heinrich Drechsler (1895–1945), Mayor of Lübeck 1933 to 1937, set up the Riga ghetto
  Haim Cohn (1911-2002), an Israeli jurist and politician.
  Willy Brandt (1913-1992), SPD politician, German chancellor
  Björn Engholm (born 1939), SPD politician
  Robert Habeck (born 1969) writer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens
  Beatrix von Storch (born 1971) AfD politician, former MEP
  George Wulweber, 16th-century Protestant who was tortured on the rack
caption: Willy Brandt in 1980
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