A port in northern Germany, on the Baltic coast in Schleswig-Holstein, north-east of Hamburg; population 211,200 (est. 2006). Between the 14th and 19th centuries it was an important city within the Hanseatic League.
A port in northern Germany, on the Baltic coast in Schleswig-Holstein, northeast of Hamburg; population 211,200 (est. 2006). Between the 14th and 19th centuries it was an important city within the Hanseatic League.