Lauenburg-Elbe (Luneburg, Germany Schleswig-Holstein)

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Lauenburg-Elbe cruise port

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Europe Rivers

Local Time
2024-10-30 15:35

min: 46 °F (7 °C) / max: 57 °F (15 °C) 55°F
12.9°C
Wind: 292°/ 2.8 m/s  Gust: 6.7 m/sWind: 292°/ 2.8 m/s  Gust: 6.7 m/sLight breeze
2.8 m/s
Min / Max Temperature57 °F / 15 °C
46 °F / 8 °C
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Port Lauenburg-Elbe cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Lauenburg-Elbe, Luneburg, Germany Schleswig-Holstein. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.

DayShipArrivalDeparture
1 October, 2024
Tuesday
CroisiEurope Cruises cruise linems Elbe Princesse10:0018:00
13 October, 2024
Sunday
River Cruises Cruises cruise lineMS Sans Souci12:0014 Oct, 04:00
16 October, 2024
Wednesday
River Cruises Cruises cruise lineMS Sans Souci13:0013:00

Lauenburg an der Elbe is an Elbe River cruise port and town in Germany's Schleswig-Holstein state (Herzogtum Lauenburg district) with population around 12,000. The town is located on river's northern bank and east of Hamburg - Germany's 2nd largest city (after Berlin) with population over 1,8 million and country's largest seaport.

Lauenburg-Elbe is state's southernmost town. It was founded in 1182 by Bernard of the House of Ascania (1134-1212) - an ancestor of the Dukes of Lauenburg and Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt in the period 1180-1212. The town was named after the Lowenborch Castle (built in 1182). Saxe-Lauenburg was a duchy until it was incorporated into Prussia's Schleswig-Holstein province in 1876. Until 1616 (when the castle burnt down) the town was duchy's capital moved to Ratzeburg in 1619). Lauenburg prospered due to its location on the Old Salt Route (primarily used for transportation of salt) and today the town is the southern terminus of Elbe-Lubeck Canal (aka Elbe-Trave Canal - 64-km / 40-mi long manmade waterway connecting Elbe and Trave rivers).

Town's best-known tourist attractions include Altstadt (Old Town with 17th-century buildings, mainly former homes of sailors), Maria-Magdalenen Kirche (13th-century church), narrow cobbled streets (all leading to Lauenburg Castle - the former residence of the Dukes of Lauenburg, now housing the municipal administration). Approx 25 km (16 mi) southwest is Luneburg - travel destination popular for its Palmschleuse (late-14th-century-built river lock/Europe's oldest).

As cruise port, Lauenburg an der Elbe is included in the regular schedules of some of Europe's largest river cruise companies - like CroisiEurope and Phoenix Reisen. Next tables show some Lauenburg-visiting cruisetours as ports sequences and prices per person (double occupancy rates).

(CroisiEurope, ship Victor Hugo) 6-day itinerary between homeports Hamburg and Berlin, from ~USD 1000 pp

Date / TimePort
29 Aug 18:00 / 30 Aug / 31 Aug 05:00 (overnight)Departing from Hamburg, Germany
31 Aug 08:00Lauenburg-Elbe, Germany
31 Aug 22:00 / 01 Sep 06:00 (overnight)Hitzacker, Germany
01 Sep 08:00Domitz, Germany
01 Sep 23:00 / 02 Sep 10:15 (overnight)Tangermunde, Germany
02 Sep 14:30Hohenwarthe, Germany
02 Sep 19:00Genthin, Germany
02 Sep 22:30 / 03 Sep 05:00 (overnight)Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
03 Sep 08:30Potsdam, Germany
03 Sep 14:00 / 04 Sep 09:00 (overnight)Arriving in Berlin, Germany

(Phoenix Reisen, ship Saxonia) 9-day itinerary roundtrip from homeport Potsdam

Date / TimePort
13 Jul 15:30Departing from Potsdam, Germany
13 Jul 21:30 / 14 Jul - 06:00 (overnight)Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
14 Jul 16:00 / 15 Jul - 06:00 (overnight)Havelberg, Germany
15 Jul 10:00 - 13:00Wittenberge, Germany
15 Jul 18:00 / 16 Jul - 08:30 (overnight)Hitzacker, Germany
16 Jul 12:00 - 15:00Lauenburg-Elbe, Germany
16 Jul 19:00 / 17 Jul / 18 Jul - 07:00 (overnight)Hamburg, Germany
18 Jul 12:30 - 13:30Scharnebeck Boat Lift
18 Jul 18:00 - 18:30Uelzen, Germany
18 Jul 20:00 / 19 Jul - 08:30 (overnight)Bad Bodenteich, Germany
19 Jul 12:30 - 13:00 / 19 Jul 14:00 - 18:00 (overnight)Wolfsburg, Germany
19 Jul 23:00 / 20 Jul - 05:00 (overnight)Haldensleben, Germany
20 Jul 13:00 - 13:30Genthin, Germany
20 Jul 23:00 / 21 Jul - 13:00 (overnight)Berlin, Germany
21 Jul 15:00 / 22 Jul (overnight)Arriving in Potsdam, Germany
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