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Free City of Lübeck
drawn on the map 1806–1870
The "Queen of the Hanse" (Königin der Hanse), founded/refounded by Henry the Lion in 1159, the leading city of the Hanseatic League and seat of its Diet. Lübeck law (Lübisches Recht) became the common legal template for scores of Baltic towns.
- Shown on the map
- 1806–1870
- Peak area
- 3k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The "Queen of the Hanse" (Königin der Hanse), founded/refounded by Henry the Lion in 1159, the leading city of the Hanseatic League and seat of its Diet. Lübeck law (Lübisches Recht) became the common legal template for scores of Baltic towns. An imperial free city, it dominated Baltic commerce for centuries before the League's decline; its medieval brick-Gothic core survives.
Common questions
- What was Free City of Lübeck?
- The "Queen of the Hanse" (Königin der Hanse), founded/refounded by Henry the Lion in 1159, the leading city of the Hanseatic League and seat of its Diet. Lübeck law (Lübisches Recht) became the common legal template for scores of Baltic towns.
- When is Free City of Lübeck shown on the map?
- The border data draws Free City of Lübeck 1806–1870. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was Free City of Lübeck?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Free City of Lübeck covered about 3,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, German History in Documents and Images, national institutions such as the Swiss Federal Council and the National Museum of Denmark, and the scholarship of Peter H. Wilson and Joachim Whaley on the Holy Roman Empire. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Lübeck en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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