lubeck was the queen of the hand the attic league for five hundred years as part of the city's anniversarycelebrations its hanseatic museum is presenting a special exhibition showing the influence that period continues to have to this day no where else in northern germany are there so many houses from the middle ages around eighty percent of the old town is a unesco world heritage site the city is also proud of its three famous sons philip hunt good to costs and thomas mann. because that's one of the fascination that comes from having three nobel laureates. lucic is i believe unique in germany i think this is simply a treasure for people who are interested in literature. and shouts i'm going to class immortalized his love for lubeck in a poem but lou because have long forgiven thomas mann for the fact the characters in his novel wooden box closely resembled prominent citizens and didn't exactly cut a sympathetic figure says but later did mom for twenty five years she has also worked with this museum the book imbolc house which is a magnet for tourists and locals it's also holding a special