Hanseatic League
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Summary
Hanseatic League is a confederation[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of confederation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,451 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: organization[3]
- Capital: Lübeck[4]
- Official language: Middle Low German[5]
- Named after: convoy[6]
- Commons category: Hanseatic League[7]
- Inception: 1358[8]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1862[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hanseatic League[10]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[13], Canon of Dutch History[14], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], New International Encyclopedia[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20], Meyer’s Universum, Vierzehnter Band[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Hanseatic League[22]
- Has part(s) of the class: Hanseatic city[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Hanseatic League[25], WikiProject European history[26], WikiProject Middle Ages[27], WikiProject Holy Roman Empire[28], WikiProject Prussia[29], WikiProject Former countries[30], WikiProject Norse history and culture[31], WikiProject Germany[32], WikiProject Poland[33], WikiProject Lithuania[34], WikiProject Latvia[35], WikiProject Trade[36]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Hanseatic League[37]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Hanseatic League include TS Maxim Gorkiy[38], a cruise ship[39]; New Hanseatic League[40], an international organization[41], founded in 2018[42]; Union of Cities THE HANSA[43], a twin town[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1980[46]; Victory Square[47], a square[48], in Russia[49]; and Hanza Tower[50], a skyscraper[51], in Poland[52], founded in 2021[53].
Why It Matters
Hanseatic League has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include TS Maxim Gorkiy[38], a cruise ship[39]; New Hanseatic League[40], an international organization[41], founded in 2018[42]; Union of Cities THE HANSA[43], a twin town[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1980[46]; Victory Square[47], a square[48], in Russia[49]; and Hanza Tower[50], a skyscraper[51], in Poland[52], founded in 2021[53].