1. (noun) a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669

• bergen
• bremen
• bruges
• city of bridges
• capital of latvia
• riga
• cologne
• koln
• danzig
• gdansk
• dortmund
• halle
• halle-an-der-saale
• hamburg
• hannover
• hanover
• klaipeda
• memel
• lubeck
• rostock
• tartu

1. (noun) a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669

• confederacy
• confederation
• federation