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The Hanseatic League [a] was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 12th century, the League expanded between the 13th and 15th centuries and ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across eight modern-day countries, ranging from Estonia in the north and east, to the ...
The Danish–Hanseatic War (1361–1370) was both a trade and territorial conflict mainly between the Kingdom of Denmark, led by King Valdemar IV, and the Hanseatic League, the latter of which was led by the rich and powerful merchant city of Lübeck. Though the first few years of the war resulted in several Danish victories, and even led to a ...
The Hanseatic Office is located in Lübeck Town Hall. The Union of Cities THE HANSA accepts applications from cities and towns that were members of the historic Hanseatic League or that were home to Hanseatic trading posts or so-called Kontors. The supreme body is the Assembly of Delegates in which each city or town has one vote.
At the outbreak of the war, the Hanseatic League would besiege Vordingborg, and a two-year-long siege would occur. [4] During the siege, the fort's commander, Hans Tyrbagh, got reinforcements from Valdemar IV. [5] [6] This was unbeknownst to the Hanseatic forces, and Tyrbagh made a sortie and took many Hanseatic troops as hostage.
Map of the Hanseatic League, showing principal Hanseatic cities and Pskov Map of the Teutonic Order State (in salmon) ca. 1455. The establishment of diplomatic and trade relations between the Pskov Republic and the Hansa was logical due to its geographical location, political system and its independence from Novgorod and other Rus' principalities.
Map depicts the extent of the Teutonic Order (Ordensstaat) in blue and the Hanseatic League at their peak in the early 15th century. Overall, this displays the extent of German influence beyond traditional ethnic borders. Cities underlined in red are members of the Hanseatic League's trade network.
The Peterhof or Petershof (Middle Low German and current German for "Peter's courtyard", Russian: немецкий двор, Latin: curia sancti Petri) was a Hanseatic kontor, one of the four major trading posts of the Hanseatic League, on the right bank of the Volkhov at Novgorod, Russia, then forming the Novgorod Republic.
The New Hanseatic League, or the Hansa, [3] also called the Hanseatic League 2.0, [4] was established in February 2018 by European Union finance ministers from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Sweden through the signing of a two-page foundational document [5] that set out the "shared views and values in the discussion on the architecture of the ...