hanseatic league
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1. a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669 (noun.group)
member holonym | : | bergen, |
definition | : | a port city in southwestern Norway (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | bremen, |
definition | : | a city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | dortmund, |
definition | : | an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | cologne, koln, |
definition | : | a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | halle, halle-an-der-saale, |
definition | : | a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | hamburg, |
definition | : | a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | hannover, hanover, |
definition | : | a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | lubeck, |
definition | : | a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | rostock, |
definition | : | a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | bruges, city of bridges, |
definition | : | a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | danzig, gdansk, |
definition | : | a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | tartu, |
definition | : | a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | capital of latvia, riga, |
definition | : | a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
member holonym | : | klaipeda, memel, |
definition | : | a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League (noun.location) |
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