Admittedly, the Slavic settlement with fortifications in the north already existed. Some Slavs still settled there, but the castle was dilapidated and abandoned. Count Adolf II of Schauenburg had seen this coming: A stone hill and a navigable river leading to the...

Lübeck archaeologists discover Lübeck's oldest house to date: At that time, the excavation pit had to be braced against the pressure of the adjacent Church of St. Peter with heavy oak planks and large posts that protrude from the bottom of the pit. They date from the...

Astrid Franck in the Puppet Theatre Mobil  in the Churchyard of St. Petri © Foto: Lutz Roeßler While the Museum of Theatre Puppets and the Puppet Theatre in Lübeck are being renovated, we are still accessible and approachable. Our colleagues Astrid Franck and Julika...

We are very happy to be able to tell you a very special story about our construction site today. After the archaeologists sifted through their findings in the earth under the Puppet Theater building (Kolk 14), we would like to present six particularly interesting...

It all began with the dream of an elevator and some new display cabinets — by now the renovation and alteration works in the Kolk have been going on since more than two years. Accompany us behind the heavy doors of the Kolk and discover together with us the...