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
Steelyard
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The Steelyard, from the Middle Low German Stâlhof, was the kontor of the Hanseatic League in London, and their main trading base in England, between the 13th and 16th centuries. The main goods that th
Kontor
…city that did not belong to the Hanseatic League), with a degree of legal autonomy. Most kontors 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…
A commemorative plaque placed in 2005 at Cannon Street station, near the location of the Steelyard
A reproduced painting of the Steelyard (Souvenir of the British Exhibit in the Hall of Nations IPA Leipzig, 1930)
The Triumph of Riches
The Triumph of Poverty