Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
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Location
Mecklenburg

Country
Germany

Year of Research
2002

Culture
  • In the 14th and 15th centuries,the medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany were great trading places of the Hanseatic League.
  • They became Swedish administrative and defensive places for the German territories in the 17th and 18th centuries .