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Landmark Europe trade

Lübeck

1200 CE – 1669 CE · 469 years

Queen of the Hanseatic League, northern European trade capital

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1100 CE)
  2. Germanic and Slavic tribes (1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Holy Roman Empire (1279 CE–1700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Lübeck (1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Oldenburg (1783 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. Germany (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. German Empire (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Germany (1920 CE–1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  9. Germany (Soviet) (1945 CE) Border precision: Defined
  10. East Germany (1960 CE) Border precision: Defined
  11. Germany (1994 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1200 CE and 1669 CE.

1200 CE Bruges 1200 CE Lisbon 1200 CE Hamburg 1200 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo 1201 CE Riga

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