The most beautiful city in northern Germany, Lüneburg

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Lüneburg is a town in northern Germany. In the medieval old town is the Am Sande square, surrounded by gothic brick gabled houses. The German Salt Museum in the former Lüneburg salt works illustrates the history and importance of salt production, which ensured the town's wealth in the Middle Ages. In the historic quarter between the museum and Lüneburg's Kalkberg, a nature reserve around a salt dome, many buildings are leaning due to centuries of mining.