Wismar
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Wismar, officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Me
Alter Schwede, c. 1380
Wismar Georgenkirche Blick auf Nikolaikirche
Wismar St. Georgen 2008 06 10 059
Marktplatz Wismar
Hanseatic League
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The Hanseatic League, commonly called The Hansa, was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from Lübeck and a few other
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…from the House of Mecklenburg, a German dynasty of Slavic origin also known as the Obotrites or Niklotides. In 1259, the city became part of the Hanseatic League. Throughout its history, the city has been under control of various German states as well as the Swedish Empire. It was part of Sweden from 1648 until…
Northern Europe in the 1400s, showing the extent of the Hanseatic League
Ubena von Bremen, a replica of the Bremen cog
Hanseatic Seal of Elbing (now Elbląg)
The Holstentor of Lübeck, built in 1464, is the only historic gate of the city still standing today.