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Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Hanseatic Countries blog. Within this blog we will be discussing all different kinds of information, history, and news events that occurred or occurring in this area. As well as international business that is currently happening in these countries. The Hanseatic Countries were actually cities that were joined together to form a merchant guild, that would go across northern Europe and other areas. The league was meant to be a group of cities joint together to protect these trades, places where they could go and be safe. We will be posting more information through out the next few weeks and we hope you enjoy!




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  1. Noah HrenSeptember 22, 2017 at 7:57 AM

    Some other facts include, the Hanseatic League played an important role from 1356 to around 1669. After 1669 it lost its importance and faded away. It was comprised of 190 cities in 16 countries primarily in the North and Baltic sea. In 1980 the league restarted under the name New Hanseatic League. The new league set the task of keeping the spirit alive of the League as a social and cultural alliance.
    -Noah

    Source - http://www.hanse.org/en/

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  2. Mary SpaethSeptember 24, 2017 at 2:53 PM

    Thanks for the extra information, Noah (unknown)! Looking forward to reading more.

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