Lists of Former Hansa Cities
The names of the Quarters have been abbreviated in the following table:
- Wendish: Wendish and Pomeranian (or just Wendish) Quarter
- Saxon: Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg (or just Saxon) Quarter
- Baltic: Prussian, Livonian and Swedish (or East Baltic) Quarter
- Westphalian: Rhine-Westphalian and Netherlands (or Rhineland) Quarter
- Kontor: The Kontore were foreign trading posts of the League, not cities that were Hanseatic members.
The column "Territory" indicates the jurisdiction to which the city was, at the time, subject; the column "Now" indicates the modern nation-state in which the city may be found.
| Quarter | City | Territory | Now | Joined | Left | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendish | Lubeck ! Lübeck | Free imperial city ! Free City of Lübeck | Germany | Capital of the Hanseatic League, capital of the Wendish and Pomeranian Circle | |||
| Wendish | Hamburg ! Hamburg | Free imperial city ! Free City of Hamburg | Germany | ||||
| Wendish | Luneburg ! Lüneburg | Brunswick-Luneburg ! Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Germany | ||||
| Wendish | Wismar ! Wismar | Mecklenburg ! Duchy of Mecklenburg | Germany | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty (Rostocker Landfrieden) in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). | |||
| Wendish | Rostock ! Rostock | Mecklenburg ! Duchy of Mecklenburg | Germany | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). | |||
| Wendish | Stralsund ! Stralsund | Rugen ! Principality of Rügen | Germany | 70031293000000000001293 | Rügen was a fief of the Danish crown to 1325. Stralsund joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Stralsund was a member of the Vierstädtebund with Greifswald, Demmin and Anklam. | ||
| Wendish | Demmin ! Demmin | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Germany | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Demmin was a member of the Vierstädtebund with Stralsund, Greifswald and Anklam. | |||
| Wendish | Greifswald ! Greifswald | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Germany | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Griefswald was a member of the Vierstädtebund with Stralsund, Demmin and Anklam. | |||
| Wendish | Anklam ! Anklam | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Germany | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Anklam was a member of the Vierstädtebund with Stralsund, Greifswald and Demmin. | |||
| Wendish | Stettin ! Stettin (Szczecin) | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Poland | 70031278000000000001278 | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards); since the 14th century gradually adopted the role of a chief city for the Pomeranian Hanseatic towns to its east | ||
| Wendish | Pasewalk ! Pasewalk | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Germany | ||||
| Wendish | Kolberg ! Kolberg (Kołobrzeg) | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Poland | ||||
| Wendish | Rugenwalde ! Rügenwalde (Darłowo) | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Poland | ||||
| Wendish | Stolp ! Stolp (Słupsk) | Pomerania ! Duchy of Pomerania | Poland | ||||
| Wendish | Visby ! Visby | Sweden ! Kingdom of Sweden | Sweden | 70031470000000000001470 | In 1285 at Kalmar, the League agreed with Magnus III, King of Sweden, that Gotland be joined with Sweden. In 1470, Visby's status was rescinded by the League, with Lübeck razing the city's churches in May 1525. | ||
| Wendish | Stockholm ! Stockholm | Sweden ! Kingdom of Sweden | Sweden | ||||
| Saxon | Brunswick ! Brunswick | Saxony ! Duchy of Saxony | Germany | 7003120000000000000 13th c. | 7003160000000000000 17th c. | Capital of the Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg Circle | |
| Saxon | Bremen ! Bremen | Free imperial city ! Free City of Bremen | Germany | 70031260000000000001260 | |||
| Saxon | Magdeburg ! Magdeburg | Magdeburg ! Archbishopric of Magdeburg | Germany | 7003120000000000000 13th c. | Capital of the Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg Circle | ||
| Saxon | Goslar ! Goslar | Goslar ! Imperial City of Goslar | Germany | 70031267000000000001267 | 70031566000000000001566 | Goslar was a fief of Saxony until 1280. | |
| Saxon | Erfurt ! Erfurt | Mainz ! Archbishopric of Mainz | Germany | ||||
| Saxon | Stade ! Stade | Bremen ! Archbishopric of Bremen | Germany | ||||
| Saxon | Berlin ! Berlin | Brandenburg ! Margraviate of Brandenburg | Germany | 70031442000000000001442 | Brandenburg was raised to an Electorate in 1356. Elector Frederick II caused all the Brandenburg cities to leave the League in 1442. | ||
| Saxon | Frankfurt Oder ! Frankfurt an der Oder | Brandenburg ! Margraviate of Brandenburg | Germany | 70031430000000000001430 | 70031442000000000001442 | Elector Frederick II caused all the Brandenburg cities to leave the League in 1442. | |
| Baltic | Danzig ! Danzig (Gdańsk) | Teutonic Order ! Teutonic Order | Poland | 70031358000000000001358 | Capital of the Prussian, Livonian and Swedish (or East Baltic) Circle. Danzig had been first a part of the Duchy of Pomerelia, then part of the State of the Teutonic Order from 1308 until 1457. After the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), Royal Prussia including Gdańsk was part of the Kingdom of Poland. | ||
| Baltic | Elbing ! Elbing (Elbląg) | Teutonic Order ! Teutonic Order | Poland | 70031358000000000001358 | Elbing had originally been part of the territory of the Old Prussians, until 1230s when it became part of the State of the Teutonic Order. After the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), Royal Prussia, including Elbląg was part of the Kingdom of Poland. | ||
| Baltic | Thorn ! Thorn (Toruń) | Teutonic Order ! Teutonic Order | Poland | 70031280000000000001280 | Toruń had been first a part of the Kingdom of Poland, then part of the State of the Teutonic Order from 1230 until 1466. After the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), Royal Prussia, including Toruń was part of the Kingdom of Poland | ||
| Baltic | Krakow ! Kraków | Poland ! Kingdom of Poland | Poland | 7003137000000000000ca 1370 | 7003150000000000000ca 1500 | Kraków was the capital of the Kingdom of Poland, 1038–1596/1611. It adopted Magdeburg town law and 5000 Poles and 3500 Germans lived within the city proper in the 15th century; Poles steadily rose in the ranks of guild memberships reaching 41% of guild members in 1500. It was very loosely associated with Hansa, and paid no membership fees, nor sent representatives to League meetings. | |
| Baltic | Breslau ! Breslau, (Wrocław) | Silesia ! Kingdom of Bohemia | Poland | 70031387000000000001387 | 70031474000000000001474 | Breslau, a part of the Duchy of Breslau and the Kingdom of Bohemia, was only loosely connected to the League and paid no membership fees nor did its representatives take part in Hansa meetings | |
| Baltic | Konigsberg ! Königsberg (Kaliningrad) | Teutonic Order ! Teutonic Order | Russia | 70031340000000000001340 | Königsberg was the capital of the Teutonic Order, becoming the capital of Ducal Prussia on the Order's secularisation in 1466. Ducal Prussia was a German principality that was a fief of the Polish crown until gaining its independence in the 1660 Treaty of Oliva. The city was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946 after East Prussia was divided between the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference. | ||
| Baltic | Riga ! Rīga | Livonia ! Terra Mariana (Livonia) | Latvia | 70031282000000000001282 | During the Livonian War (1558–83), Riga became a Free imperial city until the 1581 Treaty of Drohiczyn ceded Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the city was captured by Sweden in the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625). | ||
| Baltic | Reval ! Reval (Tallinn) | Livonia ! Terra Mariana (Livonia) | Estonia | 70031285000000000001285 | On joining the Hanseatic League, Reval was a Danish fief, but was sold, with the rest of northern Estonia, to the Teutonic Order in 1346. After the Livonian War (1558–83), northern Estonia became a part of the Swedish Empire. | ||
| Baltic | Dorpat ! Dorpat (Tartu) | Livonia ! Terra Mariana (Livonia) | Estonia | 7003128000000000000 1280s | The Bishopric of Dorpat gained increasing autonomy within the Terra Mariana. During the Livonian War (1558–83), Dorpat fell under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with the 1581 Treaty of Drohiczyn definitively ceding Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the city was captured by Sweden in the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625). | ||
| Westphalian | Cologne ! Cologne | Cologne ! Imperial City of Cologne | Germany | 70031475000000000001475 | Capital of the Rhine-Westphalian and Netherlands Circle until after the Anglo-Hanseatic War (1470–74), when the city was excluded (German: Verhanst) for having supported England, and Dortmund was made capital of the Circle. | ||
| Westphalian | Dortmund ! Dortmund | Dortmund ! Imperial City of Dortmund | Germany | After Cologne was excluded after the Anglo-Hanseatic War (1470–74), Dortmund was made capital of the Rhine-Westphalian and Netherlands Circle. | |||
| Westphalian | Deventer ! Deventer | Utrecht ! Bishopric of Utrecht | Netherlands | 70031000000000000001000 | 70031500000000000001500 | ||
| Westphalian | Kampen ! Kampen | Utrecht ! Bishopric of Utrecht | Netherlands | 70031441000000000001441 | |||
| Westphalian | Groningen ! Groningen | Friesland ! Friesland | Netherlands | Friesland was de facto independent through much of the Middle Ages. | |||
| Westphalian | Munster ! Münster | Munster ! Prince-Bishopric of Münster | Germany | ||||
| Westphalian | Osnabruck ! Osnabrück | Osnabruck ! Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück | Germany | 7003110000000000000 12th c. | |||
| Westphalian | Soest ! Soest | Soest ! Imperial City of Soest | Germany | 70031609000000000001609 | The city was a part of the Electorate of Cologne until acquiring its freedom in 1444–49, after which it aligned with the Duchy of Cleves. | ||
| Kontor | Novgorod ! Novgorod: Peterhof | Novgorod ! Novgorod Republic | Russia | 7003150000000000000 1500s | Novgorod was one of the principal Kontore of the League and the easternmost. In 1499, Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, closed the Peterhof; it was reopened a few years later, but the League's Russian trade never recovered. | ||
| Kontor | Bergen ! Bergen: Bryggen | Norway ! Kingdom of Norway | Norway | 70031360000000000001360 | 70031775000000000001775 | Bryggen was one of the principal Kontore of the League. It was razed by accidental fire in 1476. In 1560, administration of Bryggen was placed under Norwegian administration. | |
| Kontor | Bruges ! Bruges: Hanzekantoor | Flanders ! County of Flanders | Belgium | Bruges was one of the principal Kontore of the League until the 15th century, when the seaway to the city silted up; trade from Antwerp benefiting from Bruges's loss. | |||
| Kontor | London ! London: Steelyard | England ! Kingdom of England | United Kingdom | 70031303000000000001303 | 70031853000000000001853 | The Steelyard was one of the principal Kontore of the League. King Edward I granted a Carta Mercatoria in 1303. The Steelyard was destroyed in 1469 and Edward IV exempted Cologne merchants, leading to the Anglo-Hanseatic War (1470–74). The Treaty of Utrecht, sealing the peace, led to the League purchasing the Steelyard outright in 1475, with Edward having renewed the League's privileges without insisting on reciprocal rights for English merchants in the Baltic. London merchants persuaded Elizabeth I to rescind the League's privileges on 13 January 1598; while the Steelyard was re-established by James I, the advantage never returned. Consulates continued however, providing communication during the Napoleonic Wars, and the Hanseatic interest was only sold in 1853. | |
| Kontor | Antwerp ! Antwerp | Brabant ! Duchy of Brabant | Belgium | Antwerp became a major Kontor of the League, particularly after the seaway to Bruges silted up in the 15th century, leading to its fortunes waning in Antwerp's favour, despite Antwerp's refusal to grant special privileges to the League's merchants. Between 1312 and 1406, Antwerp was a margraviate, independent of Brabant. | |||
| Kontor | Lynn ! Bishop's Lynn (King's Lynn) | England ! Kingdom of England | United Kingdom | 70031751000000000001751 | The Hanseatic Warehouse was constructed in 1475 as part of the Treaty of Utrecht, allowing the League to establish a trading depot in Lynn for the first time. It is the only surviving League building in England. | ||
| Kontor | Ipswich ! Ipswich | England ! Kingdom of England | United Kingdom | ||||
| Kontor | Malmo ! Malmö | Denmark ! Kingdom of Denmark | Sweden | 7003140000000000000 15th c. | Skåne (Scania) was Danish until ceded to Sweden by the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde, during the Second Northern War. | ||
| Kontor | Falsterbo ! Falsterbo | Denmark ! Kingdom of Denmark | Sweden | 7003140000000000000 15th c. | Skåne was Danish until ceded to Sweden by the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde, during the Second Northern War. | ||
| Kontor | Kovno ! Kovno (Kaunas) | Lithuania ! Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Lithuania | ||||
| Kontor | Pleskau ! Pleskau (Pskov) | Pskov ! Pskov Republic | Russia | In the 12th and 13th centuries, Pskov adhered to the Novgorod Republic. It was captured by the Teutonic Order in 1241 and liberated by a Lithuanian prince, becoming a de facto sovereign republic by the 14th century. | |||
| Kontor | Polotsk ! Polotsk | Polotsk ! Principality of Polotsk | Belarus | Polotsk was an autonomous principality of Kievan Rus' until gaining its independence in 1021. From 1240, it became a vassal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, being fully integrated into the Grand Duchy in 1307. |
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