hanseatic league

Noun
  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 (synset 108321065)
    is a type of: confederacy, confederation, federation - a union of political organizations
    member holonym:
    • bergen - a port city in southwestern Norway
    • bremen - 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
    • dortmund - an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
    • cologne, koln - 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
    • halle, halle-an-der-saale - a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries
    • hamburg - 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
    • hannover, hanover - a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
    • lubeck - a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League
    • rostock - a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century
    • bruges, city of bridges - 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
    • danzig, gdansk - 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
    • tartu - a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League
    • capital of latvia, riga - a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
    • klaipeda, memel - a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League

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