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Trave

The Trave is a river in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, which flows past Bad Segeberg and Lübeck to the Baltic Sea at Travemünde. Lübeck was refounded in 1159 on a hill between the Trave and the Wakenitz, and the river gave the city the access to the sea that made it the leading port of the Hanseatic League.

Trave
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Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Trave. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/trave
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“Trave.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/trave. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Trave.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/trave.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Trave’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/trave (Accessed: ).

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