Sunday 20 October 2024

Lübeck, the River Trave and the Fehmarnbelt Lightship (Copyright © 2016 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The Lübeck Marathon is a road running event held annually in the autumn in the Hansestadt Lübeck (Hanseatic City of Lübeck) in Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Starting on Kohlmarkt in the medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 42.2k marathon follows an undulating out-and-back course which takes the runners around the Holstentor (Holsten Gate), ...

 

Holstentor and Marienkirche, Lübeck, Germany (Copyright © 2014 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

... through residential and green areas, and through the 866-metre-long Herrentunnel under the Trave river.

The turnaround point is on Strandpromenade in the Baltic seaport of Lübeck-Travemünde:

 

Strandpromenade, Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany (Copyright © 2014 Hendrik Böttger / runinternational.eu)

 

The event also includes a marathon relay, a half marathon, a 10k run, a 10k walk, a 4.2k run and a 2.3k run.

 

Map of the venue:

 

17. Lübeck Marathon:

Date:

  • 20 October 2024 (Sunday)

Event website:

 

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