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========================================================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><span></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: History<br><br>As many of you know, while not official parts of the Middle-Saxon-speaking Hanseatic Trading League, there are several British cities in which the League had representation:<br>
</span><ul style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>Principal <i>Kontor</i>:</li><ul><li>London Steelyard</li></ul><li>Subsidiary <i>Kontore</i>:</li><ul><li>Berwick upon Tweed</li><li>Boston</li><li>Edinburgh</li>
<li>Hull</li><li>Ipswich</li><li>King's Lynn</li><li>Newcastle</li><li>Great Yarmouth</li></ul><li>Hanseatic Community:</li><ul><li>Aberdeen</li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I know that there is at least a commemorative plaque at the site of the London Steelyard (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2mat26">http://tinyurl.com/2mat26</a>), and there is a Hanseatic warehouse in King's Lynn (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/38nw7u">http://tinyurl.com/38nw7u</a>). <br>
<br>I wonder if some of you have knowledge of historic sites in any of the other cities. It doesn't have to be a remnant; an exact place would be of interest too. I think if would be nice if we could list these and present them on a dedicated page for the travels project (<a href="http://lowlands-l.net/travels/">http://lowlands-l.net/travels/</a>).<br>
<br>Of course we could do the same for cities in other countries.<br><br>Please send any relevant information to me (<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>) under the subject line "Hansa," and please let me know if you do or do not want to be listed as a contributor. It would be great if you had any visual material that you would be able and willing to share.<br>
<br>We could make a special section dedicated to migration and travel/trading routes, something like "On Old-Time Trails." I could imagine other such pages, dedicated for instance to Dutch speakers in Britain, and to Dutch speakers and/or Scots in the east (Germany, Poland, Kaliningrad, the Baltic States, the Nordic Countries), or to Huguenot settlements throughout the Lowlands. This might give some people with historical leanings and genealogical hobbies ideas for travel themes and routes, and we'd promote knowledge of old Lowlands connections, put the Lowlands on the map. The same goes for Lowlandic settlements in the "New" World, especially those that retain some of their old character and/or consciousness.<br>
<br>By the way, the travels pages are frequently visited, <i>all</i> of them, and I have received some feedback from their visitors, some with useful input. People seem to really appreciate them, and they are enticing many of them to visit our other presentations and some to join LL-L. So we've got a good thing going there and ought to continue working on it. Please send any contributions to me (<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>). Help of various sorts is available.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br>Thanks in anticipation!<br><br>Reinhard/Ron<br><br><br></span>
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