Bad Schwartau
Bad Schwartau is the largest city in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Bad Schwartau is the largest city in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Trave and the Schwartau creek, approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Bad Schwartau is a spa-city, well known for its iodide saline waters. The city is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the Baltic Sea.
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Worth seeing in and around Bad Schwartau
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St. Mary's Church Lübeck
The Lübeck Marienkirche is a medieval basilica in the city centre of Lübeck, Germany. Built between 1265 and 1352, the church is located on the highest point of Lübeck's old town island within the Hanseatic merchants' quarter, which extends uphill from the warehouses on the River Trave to the church.
5.8 km · church in Lübeck, Germany · Wikipedia - 02St. Jakobi
St. James' Church is one of the five main Evangelical Lutheran parish churches in Lübeck's old town, Germany.
5.4 km · church in Lübeck · Wikipedia - 03Europäisches Hansemuseum
The European Hansemuseum is a museum in Lübeck, Germany dedicated to the history of the Hanseatic League. Covering an area of in total 7,405 square metres, is the largest museum in the world specifically dedicated to this subject.
5.1 km · museum of the Hanseatic League in Lübeck · Wikipedia - 04St. Catherine's Church
St. Catherine Church in Lübeck is a Brick Gothic church which belonged to a Franciscan monastery in the name of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, seized along other property from the Catholic Church by a city ordinance (Der keyserliken Lübeck christlike Order Inge.
5.6 km · church building in Lübeck's Old City, Germany · Wikipedia - 05Liubice
Liubice, also known by the German name Alt-Lübeck, was a medieval West Slavic settlement near the site of modern Lübeck, Germany. Liubice was located at the confluence of the Schwartau with the Trave across from Teerhof Island, approximately four kilometres north of Lübeck's island old town.
1.7 km · Slavic Gord. Archaeological site in Germany · Wikipedia - 06Theater Lübeck
The Theater Lübeck is one of the largest theaters in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is managed by Theater Lübeck GmbH, a state-owned company of the Hansestadt Lübeck.
5.6 km · theatre and opera house in Lübeck, Germany · Wikipedia - 07Bucu
Bucu or Buku is a hill island surrounded by the Trave and Wakenitz Rivers in Lübeck, Germany. It is also the name of a medieval Slavic castle, now ruined, on the island.
5.1 km · castle · Wikipedia - 08Stadion an der Lohmühle
The Lohmühle is a football stadium in Lübeck, Germany. It is the home ground of VfB Lübeck, located in the Holstentor Nord district, which is itself part of the larger St.
4.7 km · football stadium in Lübeck, Germany · Wikipedia - 09Brahms-Institut
Brahms-Institut acquired the largest private collection of Johannes Brahms engravings, manuscripts and first and early prints in 1990. In addition to Brahms, the focus is on Robert and Clara Schumann, Theodor Kirchner, Joseph Joachim, and some lesser known performers and composers of the era.
4.4 km · library in Germany · Wikipedia - 10Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus
The Behnhaus is an art museum in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany, and part of its World Heritage Site. The Behnhaus as a structure is a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie.
5.5 km · Art museum in Lübeck, Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bad Schwartau
- Airports
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 57 km · Bremen (BRE), 159 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 175 km
- Hamburg → Bad Schwartau62 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · €7–10
- Bremen → Bad Schwartau156 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · €18–25
- Hannover → Bad Schwartau184 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · €21–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bad Schwartau
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bad Schwartau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTickets and discounts: For groups of up to 5 people, the Schleswig-Holstein-Ticket is the most cost-effective and flexible option for a day trip.
- Get insee also: Ferries in the Baltic Sea There are many ferry connections to Lübeck.
- Get inPassengers ferries arrive at Skandinavienkai, a quay in Lübeck's borough Travemünde.
- Get inMost of the ferries run once or twice every day: Helsinki, Finland, operated by Finnlines Malmö, Sweden, operated by Finnlines Trelleborg, Sweden, operated by TT-Lines Skandinavienkai is served by buses 35 (timetable) and 50 (timetable).
- Get inLine 50 provides a direct connection between the ferry terminal and Lübeck ZOB (central bus station), while line 35 connects to Travemünde.
From Wikivoyage: Lübeck, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bad Schwartau
Bad Schwartau is 55 km from Wandsbek, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lübeckcity in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany5.6 km
- Ratekaumunicipality of Germany4.1 km
- Stockelsdorfmunicipality of Germany5.1 km
- History of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeckcity-state in Germany (1226–1937)5.6 km
- Burgtorcity gate5.1 km