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The Colors of the Hanseatic League cities are white over red |
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Despite its demise, several cities still maintain the link to the Hanseatic League. Even in the 21st century, the cities of Deventer?, Kampen?, Zutphen?, Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen call themselves Hansa cities. For Lübeck in particular, this anachronistic tie to a glorious past remained especially important in the second half of the 20th century. Like many other former Hansa cities that found themselves under Communist government (Gdansk, for example), it reciprocated by turning as much against Communism as possible, and a small but effective right-wing underground began to thrive. After the fall of the [Eastern Bloc]? and Reunification, these cities, and those cities near the old border, like Lübeck, that became hosts to many immigrants from the former DDR, often were the sites of severe right-wing nationalist activity, including attacks on "foreigners," usually those of Turkish descent. |
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Despite its demise, several cities still maintain the link to the Hanseatic League. Even in the 21st century, the cities of Deventer?, Kampen?, Zutphen?, Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen call themselves Hansa cities. For Lübeck in particular, this anachronistic tie to a glorious past remained especially important in the second half of the 20th century. Like many other former Hansa cities that found themselves under Communist government (Gdansk, for example), it reciprocated by turning as much against Communism as possible, and a small but effective right-wing underground began to thrive. After the fall of the [Eastern Bloc]? and Reunification, these cities, and those cities near the old border, like Lübeck, that became hosts to many immigrants from the former DDR, often were the sites of severe right-wing nationalist activity, including attacks on "foreigners," usually those of Turkish descent. For listings of Hanseatic League city meetings : *http://www.erlangerhistorikerseite.de/quellen/hansetag_frame.html For a comprehensive history of the Hanseatic League cities read Professor R. Postel's article The Hanseatic League and its Decline at *http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/60/039.html. |
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For a comprehensive history of the Hanseatic League cities read Professor R. Postel's article The Hanseatic League and its Decline at http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/60/039.html. |
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For Danzig ,current Gdansk site: http://hanza.gdansk.gda.pl/index_a.html |
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