Travemünde is a borough of
Lübeck,
Germany, located at the mouth of the river
Trave in
Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by
Henry the Lion,
Duke of Saxony, in the 12th 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 Lübeck, to which it has since belonged. Its
fortifications were demolished in 1807.