Kontor
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A kontor was a major foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League. Kontors were legal entities established in a foreign city, with a degree of legal autonomy. Most kontors were also enclaves. They wer
The Oostershuis, Hanseatic kontor in Antwerp
The arms of the Stalhof (Steelyard) (c. 1670)
Panoramic view of Bryggen in Norway
Hansestadt Lubeck Tatiana Yagunova Watercolor painting 2014
Peterhof (Novgorod)
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The Peterhof or Petershof was a Hanseatic kontor, one of the four major trading posts of the Hanseatic League, on the right bank of the Volkhov at Novgorod, Russia, then forming the Novgorod Republic.
Kontor
…were also enclaves. They were located in London (the Steelyard), Bruges (Kontor of Bruges, later moved to Antwerp), Bergen (Bryggen), and Novgorod (Peterhof). Smaller Hanseatic trading posts were called factorien, i.e., factories. The kontors were established as corporations or guilds of senior merchants…
Hunters offer furs and honey to a merchant on the Rigafahrergestühl (de) in Stralsund.
Hunting for fur and collecting honey and beeswax on the Rigafahrergestühl.