Hanseatic League

1200s–1669 trade confederation in Northern Europe

ship type

architectural style of Northern Europe

developmental stage of Low German that has evolved from the Old Saxon language in the High Middle Ages

14th century seafarers in the North and Baltic Seas

lighthouse in Estonia

artificial waterway in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Stapelrecht, or staple right, was a medieval privilege granted to certain cities in the Holy Roman Empire allowing them to require passing merchants to unload and offer their goods for sale locally, fostering urban prosperity but often hindering long-distance trade.

form of municipal law in medieval and early modern Germany

medieval trade route in northern Germany

Multilateral municipal partnership in the tradition of the Hanseatic League

association of cities, towns, regions, municipalities and institutions

1524 treaty making Sweden independent of the Kalmar Union

Museum on Bryggen in Bergen (Norway)

ship

group of countries that want a more developed European single market

medieval military alliance to combat the Kingdom of Denmark

banners of Hanseatic cities

canal

museum of the Hanseatic League in Lübeck

ship

International Festival held by member cities of the New Hansa

treaty following the Anglo-Hanseatic war

street in Toruń, Poland

German admiral and city councilor

chartered company

Hamburg convoy ship

meetings of the HanseaticLeague

peace treaty

thumb|Wendenthaler, Lüneburg, 1541 The Wendenthaler or Wendentaler was a currency coin minted in Lüneburg from 1541, which depicted the six coats of arms of the Wendish towns.