1. Business in my City – Lübeck
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Business in my City – Lübeck

2. Lübeck is located in the North of Germany, near the Baltic Sea
was founded between the years 748–814
today Lübeck has a population of about people
is an old Hanseatic city and has a large number of historic buildings

3. Lübeck business history
Lübeck was the foundation member and capital of the Hanse
In the middle of the 13th century business people in north Germany founded a commerical alliance, called Hanse
The Hanse dominated the economy, trade and politics for about 400 years in the North- and Baltic Sea.
Temporary more than 200 cities were a part of the Hanse at some time.
the most important trade goods were:
cloth, fur, salt, wood, corn and beer

4. Lübeck- economic facts
Population (2013):
employees:
students:
gross domestic product <GDP> (Lübeck 2011): €
unemployment rate (Lübeck 2013): ,4 %
amount of companies in Lübeck: about

5. Main businesses in Lübeck
The most important industries in Lübeck are :
Medical technology, food industries and logistics.
Some of the biggest companies are
Medical Technology
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein: employees
Drägerwerke : employees
EUROIMMUN : employees
Food Industries
H. & J. Brüggen KG :  employees
J. G. Niederegger GmbH & Co. KG : employees
Continental foods: empleyees
Logistics
Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH: employees

6. Lübeck Harbour
Lübeck harbour is the largest German harbour on the Baltic Sea, and the 3rd largest in Germany after Hamburg and Bremen.
2013 : 23,9 Mio. t goods were transshipped
With 90 departures per week, the harbour in Lübeck is the largest ferry port in Europe.

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