Hanseatic Days of New Time

Cities, which in the past the collar of the market towns - the Hanseatic League - belonged, founded in 1980 in the Dutch city of Zwolle, the world's largest voluntary association of towns since new, the Hanse of modern times.

In order to cross-border Hanseatic thoughts that historical experiences of cooperation to revive the spirit and the spirit of European Cities and Towns again to promote the self-confidence of the Hanseatic towns and to develop cooperation between these cities and towns of the Hanseatic Days of the modern era has been introduced.

Since then, the Hanseatic Diet is now held annually in one of the member cities. Since 1990, special attention is given to the involvement of previously located in the Eastern Bloc Hanseatic cities of much value.

At the meeting of the Hanseatic Commission in Stade In 1993, the then 100 Hanseatic cities from 11 countries (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Russia and Germany ) as a joint project as part of a solidarity action all Hanseatic towns, the St. Nicholas Cathedral to restore the Hansehof of Novgorod. The lead in this matter took over the cities of Visby (Sweden ) and Bergen (Norway). A total of around 325,000 € from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States were applied. The work began in July 1994 and was completed in June 1999.

In addition to the international Hanseatic modern times, independent regional Hanseatic city leagues have formed, the largest of the Westphalian Hanseatic League in 1983. He has about 45 former Hanseatic cities of Westphalia, the office is located in Herford. The Westphalian Hanseatic League organizes its own Hanseatic Days, 2012, they were held in Werne, on 12 and 13 May.

For 34 Hansetag of the modern era in 2014, the European Lübeck Hanseatic Museum is built in the north of the Old Town of Lübeck. It aims to show visitors bring the history of the Hanseatic closer, from which she was and what she did. For visitors traveling from Lübeck in the four trading posts of the Hanseatic League, the Hanseatic Kontor in Bruges, the Tyske Brygge in Bergen, the Peterhof in Novgorod and the Steelyard in London.

Existing and planned Hanseatic Days

Source: for 2019, 2038 and 2039:

On the delegates' meeting on June 15, 2013 during the 33rd Hanseatic Days in Herford was decided that the places for more Hanseatic Days set only 15 years in advance.

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