Editing Hanseatic League (section)

===Hansa Proper===
In the table below, the names listed in the column labeled Quarter have been summarised as follows: 
* "Wendish": Wendish and Pomeranian<ref name="Natkiel" /> (or just Wendish)<ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}} quarter
* "Saxon": Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg<ref name="Natkiel" /> (or just Saxon)<ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}} quarter
* "Baltic": Prussian, Livonian and Swedish<ref name="Natkiel" /> (or East Baltic)<ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}} quarter
* "Westphalian": Rhine-Westphalian and Netherlands (including Flanders)<ref name="Natkiel" /> (or Rhineland)<ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}} quarter

The remaining column headings are as follows:
* City – the city's name, with any variants
* Territory – the jurisdiction to which the city was subject at the time of the League
* Now –  the modern nation-state in which the city is located
* From and Until –  the dates at which the city joined and/or left the league
* Notes – additional details about the city
* Ref. – one or more references to works about the city

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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: 100%"
! style="width: 10%; " | Quarter
! style="width: 15%; " | City
! style="width: 10%; " | Territory
! style="width: 10%; " | Now
! style="width: 5%; "  | From
! style="width: 5%; "  | Until
! class="unsortable" style="width: 40%;" | Notes
! class="unsortable" style="width: 5%; " | {{ref heading}}
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Lubeck|[[File:Wappen Lübeck.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Lübeck]]}}
| {{sort|Free imperial city|[[File:Wappen Lübeck.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Free City of Lübeck]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Capital of the Hanseatic League, the main town of the Wendish and Pomeranian Circle
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Natkiel" />
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|47, 120}}
* <ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |first=Andrew |last=Jotischky |author2=Caroline Hull |title=The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World |url=https://archive.org/details/penguinhistorica0000joti |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2005 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/penguinhistorica0000joti/page/122 122–23] |isbn=978-0-14-101449-4}}</ref>
* <ref name="Holborn">{{cite book |first=Hajo |last=Holborn |title=A History of Modern Germany: The Reformation |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1982 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmoderng00hajo/page/32] [https://books.google.com/books?id=350Qosar-UcC&pg=PA32 32], [https://books.google.com/books?id=350Qosar-UcC&pg=PA74 74], [https://books.google.com/books?id=350Qosar-UcC&pg=PA80 80–82] |isbn=0-691-00795-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmoderng00hajo/page/32}}</ref>{{rp|74, 82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list">{{cite book |title=The German Hansa |last=Dollinger |first=Philippe |year=2000 |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=0-8047-0742-1 |pages=ix–x |url=https://archive.org/details/germanhansa0000doll |url-access=registration |access-date=15 May 2011}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Hamburg|[[File:Coat of arms of Hamburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Hamburg]]}}
| {{sort|Free imperial city|[[File:Coat of arms of Hamburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Hamburg|Free City of Hamburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|47}}
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Barthold">{{cite book |title=Geschichte der Deutschen Hanse |trans-title=History of the German Hansa |last=Barthold |first=Dr Friedrich Wilhelm |publisher=TD Weigel |location=Leizig |year=1862 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/geschichtederde04bartgoog/page/n47 35] and [https://archive.org/details/geschichtederde04bartgoog/page/n508 496–97]}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Luneburg|[[File:DEU Lüneburg COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Lüneburg]]}}
| {{sort|Brunswick-Luneburg|[[File:Coat of Arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer">{{cite book |first=D |last=Schäfer |title=Die deutsche Hanse |trans-title=The German Hanseatic League |publisher=Reprint-Verlag-Leipzig |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-8262-1933-7 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w3QZte0aHQ0C&pg=PA37 37]}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Wismar|[[File:DEU Wismar COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Wismar]]}}
| {{sort|Mecklenburg|[[File:Mecklenburg Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Mecklenburg|Duchy of Mecklenburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Joined the 10-year [[Rostock Peace Treaty]] (''Rostocker Landfrieden'') in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards).
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Wernicke">{{cite book
 |last=Wernicke
 |first=Horst
 |chapter=Die Hansestädte an der Oder
 |title=Oder-Odra. Blicke auf einen europäischen Strom
 |chapter-url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=NxqZHbORC9sC|page=1}}
 |editor1-first=Karl
 |editor1-last=Schlögel
 |editor2-first=Beata
 |editor2-last=Halicka
 |publisher=Lang
 |year=2007
 |isbn=978-3-631-56149-2
 |pages=137–48; here p. 142
 |language=de}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Rostock|[[File:Rostock Wappen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Rostock]]}}
| {{sort|Mecklenburg|[[File:Mecklenburg Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Mecklenburg|Duchy of Mecklenburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards).
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Wernicke" />
* <ref name="Mehler JNA">{{cite journal |first=Natascha |last=Mehler |year=2009 |title=The Perception and Interpretation of Hanseatic Material Culture in the North Atlantic: Problems and Suggestions |journal=Journal of the North Atlantic |issue=Special Volume 1: Archaeologies of the Early Modern North Atlantic |pages=89–108 |url=http://histarch.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/ag_histarch/PDF-Dateien/Mehler/Mehler_2009_JONA.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724110839/http://histarch.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/ag_histarch/PDF-Dateien/Mehler/Mehler_2009_JONA.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Stralsund|[[File:Wappen Stralsund.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Stralsund]]}}
| {{sort|Rugen|[[File:Księstwo rugijskie COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Principality of Rügen]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1293|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Rügen was a fief of the [[History of Denmark#Middle Ages|Danish crown]] to 1325. Stralsund joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Stralsund was a member of the ''Vierstädtebund'' with Greifswald, Demmin and Anklam.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Wernicke" />
* <ref name="EB:Stralsund">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2011 |title=Stralsund |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/567988/Stralsund |access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Demmin|[[File:DEU Demmin COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Demmin]]}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Demmin was a member of the ''Vierstädtebund'' with Stralsund, Greifswald and Anklam.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Wernicke" />
* <ref name="Buchholz">{{cite book |last=Buchholz |first=Werner|year=1999 |language=de |title=Pommern |publisher=Siedler |page=120 |isbn=3-88680-272-8 |display-authors=etal}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Greifswald|[[File:Wappen Greifswald.svg|left|25px|alt=]] {{Nowrap|[[Greifswald]]}}}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Greifswald was a member of the ''Vierstädtebund'' with Stralsund, Demmin and Anklam.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Wernicke" />
* <ref name="Buchholz" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Anklam|[[File:DEU Hansestadt Anklam COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Anklam]]}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards). From 1339 to the 17th century, Anklam was a member of the ''Vierstädtebund'' with Stralsund, Greifswald and Demmin.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Wernicke" />
* <ref name="Buchholz" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Stettin|[[File:Hanse Stettin.svg|border|left|25px|alt=]] Stettin ([[Szczecin]])}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{POL}}
| {{nts|1278|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Joined the 10-year Rostock Peace Treaty in 1283, which was the predecessor of the federation of Wendish towns (1293 onwards); since the 14th century gradually adopted the role of a chief city for the Pomeranian Hanse towns to its east
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}}
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="Wernicke" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Pasewalk|[[File:Wappen Pasewalk.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Pasewalk]]}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
|
|
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Kolberg|[[File:Herb Kolobrzegu.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Kolberg ([[Kołobrzeg]])}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{POL}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="Buchholz" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Rugenwalde|[[File:POL Darłowo COA 1.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Rügenwalde ([[Darłowo]])}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{POL}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="Buchholz" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Stolp|[[File:POL Słupsk COA 1.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Stolp ([[Słupsk]])}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{POL}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="Buchholz" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Wendish
| {{sort|Stargard|[[File:POL Stargard COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Stargard]]}}
| {{sort|Pomerania|[[File:Wappen Pommern.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Pomerania]]}}
| {{POL}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Penguin" />
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" /><ref name="Schäfer" />
*<ref name="LP Poland" />{{rp|476}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Visby|[[File:Visby vapen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Visby]]}}
| {{sort|Sweden|[[File:Shield of arms of Sweden.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[History of Sweden (800–1521)|Kingdom of Sweden]]}}
| {{SWE}}
|
| {{nts|1470|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | In 1285 at [[Kalmar]], the League agreed with [[Magnus III of Sweden|Magnus III, King of Sweden]], that [[Gotland]] be joined with Sweden.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} In 1470, Visby's status was rescinded by the League, with Lübeck razing the city's churches in May 1525.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Visby">{{cite web |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2337 |title=Varför ruinerades Visby |trans-title=Why is Visby ruined |work=Goteinfo.com |access-date=30 April 2011 |language=sv |archive-date=30 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930045102/http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2337 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Braunschweig|[[File:DEU Braunschweig COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] {{Nowrap|[[Braunschweig]]}}}}
| {{sort|Brunswick-Luneburg|[[File:Coat of Arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{ntsh|1200}} 13th cent.
| {{ntsh|1600}} 17th cent.
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Main town of the Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg Circle
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Natkiel" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Bremen|[[File:Bremen Wappen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Bremen]]}}
| {{sort|Free imperial city|[[File:Bremen Wappen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Bremen#History|Free City of Bremen]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1260|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Mehler JNA" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Magdeburg|[[File:Wappen Magdeburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] {{Nowrap|[[Magdeburg]]}}}}
| {{sort|Magdeburg|[[File:Coat of Arms of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Archbishopric of Magdeburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{ntsh|1200}} 13th cent.
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Main town of the Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg Circle
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Goslar|[[File:Wappen Goslar.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Goslar]]}}
| {{sort|Goslar|[[File:Wappen Goslar.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Goslar|Imperial City of Goslar]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1267|format=no}}
| {{nts|1566|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Goslar was a fief of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] until 1280.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Hanover|[[File:Coat of arms of Hannover.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Hanover]]}}
| {{sort|Brunswick-Luneburg|[[File:Coat of Arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| 
| 
| style="font-size: 90%;" | 
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Barthold" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Göttingen|[[File:DEU Goettingen COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Göttingen]]}}
| {{sort|Brunswick-Luneburg|[[File:Coat of Arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| 
| 
| style="font-size: 90%;" | 
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Barthold" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="EB Göttingen">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239864/Gottingen |title=Göttingen |access-date=2 May 2011 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |archive-date=5 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505094254/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239864/Gottingen |url-status=live }}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Erfurt|[[File:Wappen Erfurt.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Erfurt]]}}
| {{sort|Mainz|[[File:Wappen-Mainz.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Archbishopric of Mainz]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1430|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref>Westholm, Gun. ''Hanseatic Sites, Routes and Monuments: A Traveler's Guide to the Past and Present.'' Uppsala: Gotland Centre for Baltic Studies, 1994.</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Stade|[[File:Altes Wappen Stade.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Stade]]}}
| {{sort|Bremen|[[File:Bremen-Erzbistum.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Archbishopric of Bremen]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Berlin|[[File:Brandenburg Wappen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Berlin#12th to 16th centuries|Berlin]]}}<!-- Berlin didn't have its own CoA until 1920 -->
| {{sort|Brandenburg|[[File:Armoiries électeur Brandebourg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
| {{nts|1442|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Brandenburg was raised to an Electorate in 1356. [[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg|Elector Frederick II]] caused all the Brandenburg cities to leave the League in 1442.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}}
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|32}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Frankfurt Oder|[[File:Wappen Frankfurt (Oder).png|left|25px|alt=]]<br />[[Frankfurt (Oder)|{{Nowrap|Frankfurt}} an der Oder]]}}
| {{sort|Brandenburg|[[File:Armoiries électeur Brandebourg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1430|format=no}}
| {{nts|1442|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | [[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg|Elector Frederick II]] caused all the Brandenburg cities to leave the League in 1442.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|32}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Salzwedel|[[File:Wappen Salzwedel.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Salzwedel]]}}
| {{sort|Brandenburg|[[File:Armoiries électeur Brandebourg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1263|format=no}}
| {{nts|1518|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | In 1488 the Hanseatic cities of the Altmark region rebelled against a beer tax against Elector of Brandenburg John Cicero. They lost and were punished by being forced to leave the Hanseatic League. Salzwedel and Stendal managed to stay in the Hanseatic League until 1518.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|32}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Uelzen|[[File:DEU_Uelzen_COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Uelzen]]}}
| {{sort|Brunswick-Luneburg|[[File:Coat of Arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | 
|
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Stendal|[[File:DEU Stendal COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Stendal]]}}
| {{sort|Brandenburg|[[File:Armoiries électeur Brandebourg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{nts|1358|format=no}}
| {{nts|1518|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | In 1488 the Hanseatic cities of the Altmark region rebelled against a beer tax against Elector of Brandenburg John Cicero. They lost and were punished by being forced to leave the Hanseatic League. Salzwedel and Stendal managed to stay in the Hanseatic League until 1518.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|32}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Saxon
| {{sort|Hamelin|[[File:DEU Hamelin COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Hamelin]]}}
|
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Danzig|[[File:Gdansk COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Danzig ([[Gdańsk]])}}
| {{sort|Teutonic Order|[[File:Den tyske ordens skjold.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[State of the Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]]}}
| {{POL}}
| {{nts|1358|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Main town of the Prussian, Livonian and Swedish (or East Baltic) Circle. Danzig had been first a part of the [[Feudal partition of Poland (1138-1320)|Duchy of Pomerelia with a Kashubian and a growing German population]], then part of the [[State of the Teutonic Order]] from 1308 until 1457. After the [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)]] Danzig became an autonomous city under the protection of the Polish Crown until the 18th century when it was annexed by Prussia.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Natkiel" />
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}}
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|81}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="LP Poland">{{cite book |first=Neil |last=Bedford |title=Poland |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |year=2008 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Qe3UzP5I2vsC&pg=PA403 403], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qe3UzP5I2vsC&pg=PA436 436], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qe3UzP5I2vsC&pg=PA452 452] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qe3UzP5I2vsC&pg=PA476 476] |isbn=978-1-74104-479-9}}</ref>{{rp|403}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Elbing|[[File:POL Elbląg COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Elbing ([[Elbląg]])}}
| {{sort|Teutonic Order|[[File:Den tyske ordens skjold.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[State of the Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]]}}
| {{POL}}
| {{nts|1358|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Elbing had originally been part of the territory of the [[Old Prussians]], until the 1230s when it became part of the [[State of the Teutonic Order]]. After the [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)]], [[Royal Prussia]], including Elbląg was part of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="LP Poland" />{{rp|452}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Thorn|[[File:POL Toruń COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Thorn ([[Toruń]])}}
| {{sort|Teutonic Order|[[File:Den tyske ordens skjold.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[State of the Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]]}}
| {{POL}}
| {{nts|1280|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Toruń was part of the [[State of the Teutonic Order]] from 1233 until 1466. After the [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)]], [[Royal Prussia]], including Toruń, was part of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="LP Poland" />{{rp|436}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Krakow|[[File:POL Kraków COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Kraków]]}}
| {{sort|Poland|[[File:Coat of Arms of the Polish Crown.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]]}}
| {{POL}}
| {{nts|1370|format=no|prefix=c.&nbsp;}}
| {{nts|1500|format=no|prefix=c.&nbsp;}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Kraków was the capital of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]], 1038–1596/1611. It adopted [[Magdeburg rights|Magdeburg town law]] and 5000 Poles and 3500 Germans lived within the city proper in the 15th century; Poles steadily rose in the ranks of guild memberships reaching 41% of guild members in 1500. It was very loosely associated with Hansa, and paid no membership fees, nor sent representatives to League meetings.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Blumówna" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref>{{cite book |title=Alma Mater |issue=109 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Jagiellonian University]] |location=Kraków |page=6}}</ref>
* <ref name="Carter">{{cite book |first=Francis W. |last=Carter |title=Trade and urban development in Poland. An economic geography of Cracow, from its origins to 1795, Volume 20 |series=Cambridge studies in historical geography |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1994 |isbn=0-521-41239-0 |pages=70–71, 100–02}}</ref>
* <ref name="Jelicz">{{cite book |first=Antonina |last=Jelicz |title=Życie codzienne w średniowiecznym Krakowie: wiek XIII–XV |trans-title=Everyday life in medieval Krakow: 13th–15th century |publisher=Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy |year=1966}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Breslau|[[File:Wrocław (Wernigeroder Wappenbuch).svg|left|25px|alt=]] Breslau, ([[Wrocław]])}}
| {{sort|Silesia|[[File:Blason Boheme.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Kingdom of Bohemia]]}}
| {{POL}}
| {{nts|1387|format=no}}
| {{nts|1474|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Breslau, a part of the [[Duchies of Silesia|Duchy of Breslau]] and the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]], was only loosely connected to the League and paid no membership fees nor did its representatives take part in Hansa meetings
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="Gilewska-Dubis">{{cite book |first=Janina |last=Gilewska-Dubis |title=Życie codzienne mieszczan wrocławskich w dobie średniowiecza |trans-title=Everyday life of citizens of Wrocław during medieval times |publisher=[[Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie]] |page=160 |year=2000}}</ref>
* <ref name="Buśko">{{cite book |first=Cezary |last=Buśko |author2=Włodzimierz Suleja |author3=Teresa Kulak |title=Historia Wrocławia: Od pradziejów do końca czasów habsburskich |trans-title=Wrocław History: From Prehistory to the end of the Habsburg era |publisher=[[Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie]] |year=2001 |page=152}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Culm|Culm ([[Chełmno]])}}
| {{sort|Teutonic Order|[[File:Den tyske ordens skjold.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[State of the Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]]}}
| {{POL}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" /><ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Konigsberg|[[File:Coat-of-Arms-of-Kaliningrad-of-Altstadt-(Koenigsberg).svg|left|25px|alt=]] {{Nowrap|[[Königsberg]]}} ([[Kaliningrad]])}}
| {{sort|Teutonic Order|[[File:Den tyske ordens skjold.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[State of the Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]]}}
| {{RUS}}
| {{nts|1340|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Königsberg was the capital of the [[State of the Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order]], it accepted the sovereignty of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Polish crown]] in 1466. It became [[Ducal Prussia]] in 1525 after secularisation, a German principality that was a fief of the Polish crown until gaining its independence in the 1660 [[Treaty of Oliva]]. The city was renamed [[Kaliningrad]] in 1946 after [[East Prussia]] was divided between the [[People's Republic of Poland]] and the [[Soviet Union]] at the [[Potsdam Conference]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Riga|[[File:Coa Riga.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Riga]]}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
| {{nts|1282|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | During the [[Livonian War]] (1558–83), Riga became a [[Free imperial city]] until the 1581 [[Treaty of Drohiczyn]] ceded Livonia to the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] until the city was captured by [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] in the [[Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625)]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
* <ref name="Turnbull">{{cite book |first=Stephen R |last=Turnbull |title=Crusader castles of the Teutonic Knights: The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185–1560 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-84176-712-3 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=F3wzkSHR4j4C&pg=PA20 20], [https://books.google.com/books?id=F3wzkSHR4j4C&pg=PA60 60]}}</ref>{{rp|20}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Reval|[[File:Coat of arms of Tallinn (small).svg|left|25px|alt=]] Reval ([[Tallinn]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{EST}}
| {{nts|1285|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | On joining the Hanseatic League, Reval was a Danish fief, but was sold in 1346, with the rest of northern Estonia, to the [[Teutonic Order]]. In 1561, Reval became a [[Dominions of Sweden|dominion of]] [[Swedish empire|Sweden]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Mills" />
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|47}}
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|81}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Dorpat|[[File:Tartu coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Dorpat ([[Tartu]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{EST}}
| {{ntsh|1280}} 1280s
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | The [[Bishopric of Dorpat]] had increasing autonomy within the [[Terra Mariana]] (Livonian confederation). With the [[Treaty of Drohiczyn]] in 1581, Dorpat fell under the rule of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] until the city was captured by [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] in the [[Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625)]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Mills" />
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Fellin|[[File:Et-Viljandi coa.svg|left|25px|alt=]] Fellin ([[Viljandi]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{EST}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Pernau| Pernau ([[Pärnu]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{EST}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="Falke" />
*<ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Wenden| Wenden ([[Cēsis]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Turnbull" />{{rp|60}}
*<ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="murray">{{cite book
|first=Alan V.
|last =Murray
| title= The North-Eastern Frontiers of Medieval Europe: The Expansion of Latin Christendom in the Baltic Lands
|date =2017
| publisher=Taylor & Francis
|isbn=9781351884839
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KgokDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->

|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Kokenhusen| Kokenhusen ([[Koknese]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="Koknese">{{cite web |url=http://www.koknese.lv/?s=4&l=eng |title=History of Koknese |work=Koknese official website |date=10 January 2011 |access-date=15 May 2011 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209220953/http://www.koknese.lv/?s=4&l=eng |url-status=live }}</ref>
*<ref name="National Bank of Latvia">{{cite web |url=http://www.bank.lv/en/money/collector-coin-koknese |title=Collector Coin Koknese |work=[[National Bank of Latvia]] |access-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926211853/http://www.bank.lv/en/money/collector-coin-koknese |archive-date=26 September 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Könnecke">{{cite book |first=Jochen |last=Könnecke |author2=Vladislav Rubzov |title=Lettland |trans-title=Lithuania |publisher=DuMont Reiseverlag |year=2005 |isbn=978-3-7701-6386-1 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUS1PUftXcC&pg=PA23 23], [https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUS1PUftXcC&pg=PA26 26–7], [https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUS1PUftXcC&pg=PA161 161]}}</ref>
*<ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Roop| Roop ([[Straupe]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Windau| Windau ([[Ventspils]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Haapsalu| [[Haapsalu]] ([[Hapsal]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{EST}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Lemsal| Lemsal ([[Limbaži]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Wolmar| Wolmar ([[Valmiera]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="murray"/><ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Baltic
| {{sort|Goldingen| Goldingen ([[Kuldīga]])}}
| {{sort|Livonia|[[File:Baltic coat of arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Terra Mariana|Terra Mariana (Livonia)]]}}
| {{LVA}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Mills" /><ref name="murray"/>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Cologne|[[File:DEU Koeln COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Cologne]]}}
| {{sort|Cologne|[[File:DEU Koeln COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Free Imperial City of Cologne|Imperial City of Cologne]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
| {{nts|1669|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | Main town of the Rhine-Westphalian and Netherlands Circle until after the [[Anglo-Hanseatic War]] (1470–74), when the city was prosecuted in 1475 with temporary trade sanctions ({{langx|de|link=no|Verhanst}}) for some years for having supported [[Kingdom of England|England]]; [[Dortmund]] was made main town of the Circle. Cologne also was called "Electorate of Cologne" (German: Kurfürstentum Köln or Kurköln). In June 1669 the last Hanseday was held in the town of Lübeck by the last remaining Hanse members, amongst others Cologne.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Natkiel" />
* <ref name="Keating" />{{rp|120}}
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Dortmund|[[File:Armoiries Saint-Empire monocéphale.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Dortmund]]}}
| {{sort|Dortmund|[[File:Armoiries Saint-Empire monocéphale.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Dortmund|Imperial City of Dortmund]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" | After [[Cologne]] was excluded after the [[Anglo-Hanseatic War]] (1470–74), Dortmund was made the main town of the Rhine-Westphalian and Netherlands Circle.
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Dinant|[[File:Blason_ville_be_Dinant_(Namur).svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Dinant]]}}
|
| {{BEL}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Wubs-Mrozewicz2010"/>{{rp|page=101}}
*<ref name="Hammel-Kiesow"/>{{rp|page=9}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Deventer|[[File:Armoiries Saint-Empire monocéphale.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Deventer]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Coat of Arms of the Bishopric of Utrecht.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Bishopric of Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
| {{nts|1500|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Mehler JNA" />
* <ref name="Mehler EPOC" />
* <ref name="LP Netherlands">{{cite book |first=Ryan |last=ver Berkmoes |author2=Karla Zimmerman |title=The Netherlands |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |year=2010 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741049251/page/255 &#91;https://books.google.com/books?id=MkAw1f_iSEwC&pg=PA255 255&#93;] |isbn=978-1-74104-925-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741049251/page/255}}</ref>
* <ref name="McDonald">{{cite book |first=George |last=McDonald |title=Frommer's Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg, 11th Edition |isbn=978-0-470-38227-1 |publisher=[[Frommers]] |year=2009 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/frommersbelgiumh00geor/page/134] [https://books.google.com/books?id=pTZJUc-TP9MC&pg=PA134 134], [https://books.google.com/books?id=pTZJUc-TP9MC&pg=PA176 176], [https://books.google.com/books?id=pTZJUc-TP9MC&pg=PA397 397], [https://books.google.com/books?id=pTZJUc-TP9MC&pg=PA432 432–38] |url=https://archive.org/details/frommersbelgiumh00geor/page/134}}</ref>{{rp|438}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Nijmegen|[[File:Coat of arms of Nijmegen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Nijmegen]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Barthold" />
*<ref name="Mehler JNA" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Kampen|[[File:Kampen (kleine wapen).svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Kampen, Overijssel|Kampen]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Coat of Arms of the Bishopric of Utrecht.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Bishopric of Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
| {{nts|1441|format=no}}
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="LP Netherlands" />
* <ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|433}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Zwolle|[[File:Zwolle wapen HRvA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Zwolle]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Wappen Bistum Utrecht.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|1294
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=110, 112}}
*<ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" /><ref name="LP Netherlands" />
*<ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|433, 439}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Groningen|[[File:Escudo de Groniga 1581.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]}}
| {{sort|Friesland|[[File:Friesland (kleine wapen).svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Friesland]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
|
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Mehler JNA" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Roermond|[[File:Coat of arms of Roermond.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Roermond]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Brand2010"/>{{rp|page=32}}
* <ref name="Looper" />{{rp|page=115}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Arnhem|[[File:Coat of arms of Arnhem.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Arnhem]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Brand2010"/>{{rp|page=32}}
* <ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|432}}
*<ref name="MW Geo">{{cite book |title=Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary |author=Merriam-Webster, Inc |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-87779-546-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/merriamwebstersg1998merr/page/74 &#91;https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA74 74–75&#93;] |url=https://archive.org/details/merriamwebstersg1998merr/page/74}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| 
| {{sort|Bolsward|[[File:Bolsward wapen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Bolsward]]}}
| [[Frisian freedom|Frisia]]
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|page=115}}
* <ref name="Barthold" /><ref name="Miruß">{{cite book |title=Das See-Recht und die Fluß-Schifffahrt nach den Preußischen Gesetzen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXM7AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA17 |first=Alexander |last=Miruß |publisher=JC Hinrichsschen Buchhandlung |location=Leipzig |year=1838 |page=17 |access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| 
| {{sort|Stavoren|[[File:Stavoren wapen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Stavoren]] (Starum)}}
| [[Frisian freedom|Frisia]]
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|398}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Doesburg|[[File:Coat of arms of Doesburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Doesburg]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=110, 112}}
* <ref name="LP Netherlands" />
*<ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|433}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Zutphen|[[File:Coat of arms of Zutphen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Zutphen]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=110, 112}}
*<ref name="LP Netherlands" /><ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|433}}<ref name="Barthold" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Harderwijk|[[File:Coat of arms of Harderwijk.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Harderwijk]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=114–115}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Venlo|[[File:Coat of arms of Venlo.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Venlo]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Hattem|[[File:Coat of arms of Hattem.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Hattem]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=112}}
*<ref name="LP Netherlands" />
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Elburg|[[File:Coat of arms of Elburg.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Elburg]]}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=112}}
*<ref name="LP Netherlands" />
*<ref name="McDonald" />{{rp|433}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Ommen|[[File:Ommen wapen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Ommen]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Wappen Bistum Utrecht.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Tiel|[[File:Coat of arms of Tiel.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Tiel]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Wappen Bistum Utrecht.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Hasselt|[[File:Hasselt (OV) wapen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Hasselt, Overijssel|Hasselt]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Wappen Bistum Utrecht.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
*<ref name="Falke" />
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="LP Netherlands" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Oldenzaal|[[File:Oldenzaal wapen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Oldenzaal]]}}
| {{sort|Utrecht|[[File:Wappen Bistum Utrecht.png|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Utrecht]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Zaltbommel|[[File:Coat of arms of Zaltbommel.svg|left|25px|alt=]] {{Nowrap|[[Zaltbommel]]}}}}
| {{sort|Guelders|[[File:Guelders-Jülich Arms.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Duchy of Guelders|Jülich-Guelders]]}}
| {{NLD}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Looper"/>{{rp|pages=115}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Munster|[[File:DEU Münster COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Münster]]}}
| {{sort|Munster|[[File:Lahr.PNG|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Münster]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Osnabruck|[[File:Osnabrück Wappen.svg|left|25px|alt=]] {{Nowrap|[[Osnabrück]]}}}}
| {{sort|Osnabruck|[[File:Wappen Bistum Osnabrück.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück]]}}
| {{DEU}}
| {{ntsh|1100}} 12th cent.
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Wesel|[[File:DEU Wesel COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Wesel]]}}
|
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" /><ref name="Barthold" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Soest|[[File:DEU Soest COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Soest, Germany|Soest]]}}
| {{sort|Soest|[[File:DEU Soest COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Soest, Germany|Imperial City of Soest]]}}
| {{DEU}}
|
| {{nts|1609|format=no}}
| style="font-size: 90%;" | The city was a part of the [[Electorate of Cologne]] until acquiring its freedom in 1444–49, after which it aligned with the [[Duchy of Cleves]].
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
* <ref name="Falke" />
* <ref name="Penguin" />
* <ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
* <ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
* <ref name="Barthold" />
* <ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Paderborn|[[File:DEU Paderborn COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Paderborn]]}}
|
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Falke" />
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Lemgo|[[File:DEU Lemgo COA.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Lemgo]]}}
|
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Falke" />
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Barthold" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| Westphalian
| {{sort|Herford|[[File:Wappen von Herford.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Herford]]}}
|
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Holborn" />{{rp|82}}
*<ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Barthold" />
*<ref name="Schäfer" />
*<ref name="Ward" />{{rp|391}}
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|- valign="top"
| 
| {{sort|Minden|[[File:Wappen-minden.svg|left|25px|alt=]] [[Minden]]}}
|
| {{DEU}}
|
|
| style="font-size: 90%;" |
|{{plainlist| <!-- start plainlist -->
*<ref name="Falke" /><ref name="Dollinger2000 list" />
*<ref name="Barthold" /><ref name="Schäfer" />
}} <!-- end plainlist -->
|}
{{hidden end}}