Hanseatic League

1200s–1669 trade confederation in Northern Europe
Organization confederation Q42908
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Hanseatic League

Summary

Hanseatic League is a confederation[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of confederation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,685 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hanseatic League's instance of is recorded as confederation[3].
  • Hanseatic League's instance of is recorded as organization[4].
  • Hanseatic League's capital is recorded as Lübeck[5].
  • Hanseatic League's official language is recorded as Middle Low German[6].
  • convoy is named after Hanseatic League[7].
  • Hanseatic League's Commons category is recorded as Hanseatic League[8].
  • 1358 marks the founding of Hanseatic League[9].
  • Hanseatic League was dissolved in 1862[10].
  • Hanseatic League's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.86972222222222, 'lon': 10.686388888888889}[11].
  • Hanseatic League's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hanseatic League[12].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Canon of Dutch History[16].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[17].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[21].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • Hanseatic League's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Vierzehnter Band[24].
  • Hanseatic League's topic has template is recorded as Template:Hanseatic League[25].
  • Hanseatic League's has part is recorded as Hanseatic city[26].
  • Hanseatic League's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27].

Body

Founding

1358 marks the founding of Hanseatic League[9].

Dissolution

Hanseatic League was dissolved in 1862[10].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Hanseatic League include TS Maxim Gorkiy[28], a cruise ship[29]; New Hanseatic League[30], an international organization[31], founded in 2018[32]; Victory Square[33], a square[34], in Russia[35]; Union of Cities THE HANSA[36], a twin town[37], in Belgium[38], founded in 1980[39]; and Hanza Tower[40], a skyscraper[41], in Poland[42], founded in 2021[43].

Why It Matters

Hanseatic League ranks in the top 4% of confederation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,685 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for it include TS Maxim Gorkiy[28], a cruise ship[29]; New Hanseatic League[30], an international organization[31], founded in 2018[32]; Victory Square[33], a square[34], in Russia[35]; Union of Cities THE HANSA[36], a twin town[37], in Belgium[38], founded in 1980[39]; and Hanza Tower[40], a skyscraper[41], in Poland[42], founded in 2021[43].

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . entoen.nu. Retrieved . entoen.nu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official language
    Capital Lübeck
    Coordinate location {'lat': 53.86972222222222, 'lon': 10.686388888888889}
    Official language Middle Low German
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