1. The city originally rose to prominence as a result of the Baltic trade of the Hanseatic League.

2. Only the Novgorod Republic escaped occupation and continued to flourish in the orbit of the Hanseatic League.

3. Bremen was once a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and is still one of the most important cities in northern Germany

4. The name of the company was a composite of "Deutsche Luft" ("German Air" in German), and "Hansa" (after the Hanseatic League, a powerful mediaeval trading group).

5. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the Hanseatic League threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages.

6. Although the Canon held several Benefices in the Low Countries, he lived in Bruges, one of the most important ports of the Hanseatic League, a rich and thriving business centre

7. Welcome to Braunschweig In past centuries Braunschweig (Brunswick) was an important centre of trade and a member of the Hanseatic League; today its significance has lessened but it's still the largest town between Hanover and Berlin.

8. During the age of the Hanseatic League from the 13th to 16th century, Hamburg was considered second only to the port and city of Lübeck in terms of its position as a central trading node for sea-borne trade.

9. Nobody knows exactly when or why Braunschweig was founded, but it's well known that it grew to be one of the most important and tumultuous cities in medieval Germany, one of the final nine members of the prestigious Hanseatic League