Travemunde

TRAVEMUNDE, a seaport of Germany, in the free state of Liibeck, situated on the Baltic, at the mouth of the Trave. Pop. (1905), 2017. It has an Evangelical church, dating from the end of the isth century, and is a much frequented wateringplace. There are extensive herring fisheries. Travemiinde arose out of a stronghold placed here by Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, in the i2th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, and the Danes subsequently strengthened it. It became a town in 1317 and in 1329 passed into the possession of the free city of Liibeck, to which it has since belonged. Its fortifications were demolished in 1807.