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Hanse Towns

The maritime cities of Germany, which belonged to the Hanseatic League (q.v.).

“The Hanse towns of Lübeck, Bremen, and Hamburg are commonwealths even now (1877).” —Freeman: General Sketch, chap.x. p. 174.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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