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title: "Old Crane"
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description: "Two wooden carrying wheels – with which the crane once lightened heavy loads - are hidden inside this still fully functioning industrial memorial. When Lüneburg was connected to the railway network in 1846, the crane became redundant. Today this structurally engineered memorial is very close to the heart of Lüneburg’s inhabitants and lovingly tended.For more than 2,500 years, heavy loads were being lifted with the help of carrying wheels. Lüneburg’s crane was re-built in 1797 according to medieval plans. Time and again it is said that the hard work inside the crane was conducted by convicts. But this demanding work was actually done by skilled workers who were employed as stevedores at the warehouse on the opposite side.You can only get inside the crane when taking one of the guided tours of the city."
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Old Crane
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- Monument
- Historical structure
- Industrial monument

Alter Kran am Stintmarkt

**The Old Crane is one of the landmarks of the salt and Hanseatic city of Lüneburg.**

Two wooden carrying wheels – with which the crane once lightened heavy loads - are hidden inside this still fully functioning industrial memorial. When Lüneburg was connected to the railway network in 1846, the crane became redundant. Today this structurally engineered memorial is very close to the heart of Lüneburg’s inhabitants and lovingly tended.

For more than 2,500 years, heavy loads were being lifted with the help of carrying wheels. Lüneburg’s crane was re-built in 1797 according to medieval plans. Time and again it is said that the hard work inside the crane was conducted by convicts. But this demanding work was actually done by skilled workers who were employed as stevedores at the warehouse on the opposite side.

You can only get inside the crane when taking one of the guided tours of the city.

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Stintmarkt in Lüneburg

Alter Kran in Lüneburg

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Openings

The Old Crane can only be viewed from the inside as part of a guided tour of the city.

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Eligibility

- for Groups
- for Class
- for familys
- for individual guests
- Pet allowed
- Suitable for the Elderly
- for Children of all Ages

Payment methods

free of charge

Contact person

Tourist-Information LüneburgRathaus/Am Markt

21335 Lüneburg

License (master data)

Lüneburg Marketing GmbH

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Contact

Am Stintmarkt

21335 Lüneburg