Hanseatic League - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Hanseatic League (German: die Hanse, Dutch: de Hanze, Estonian: hansa, Latvian: Hanza Polish: Hanza, Swedish: Hansan) was an alliance of trading guilds. These guilds established and maintained a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea and most of Northern Europe. This monopoly lasted for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, between the 13th and 17th centuries.

Many cities were part of it.

Cities that are still called Hansestadt[change | change source]

The following cities were part of the Hanse. They carry the word Hansestadt (Hanseatic City) as part of their official city name:

• Anklam
• Bremen
• Demmin
• Greifswald
• Hamburg
• Lübeck
• Lüneburg
• Rostock
• Stralsund
• Wismar