Hanseatic League: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Hanse • Hansa
Date	c. 1175 - 1669
Areas Of Involvement	trade

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Hanseatic port of Hamburg

The Marienkirche with its twin green spires rises above the central market square, surrounded by red-roofed buildings in Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Aerial view of Visby, Sweden, showing a medieval stone wall encircling the town center with red-roofed buildings and the Baltic Sea with ships in the background.

Colorful wooden buildings with steep red roofs line the Bryggen wharf in Bergen, Norway, with sailboats docked in front and forested hills rising in the background.

Map showing the physical features, major cities, and national boundaries around the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and English Channel regions of northern and western Europe. The map highlights coastal countries including the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia, with sea depths indicated and key islands, peninsulas, and underwater trenches labeled.

Valdemar IV Atterdag

Marble effigy of Margaret I lies recumbent on her sarcophagus, wearing a crown and long robes, in the cathedral of Roskilde, Denmark.

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