Henry, the lion of Herzogtum Von Sachsen, seized Lubeck from the Duke of Holstein. Through this occupation, the economically prosperous kingdom of Saxony opened the passage to the Baltic Sea. Businessmen in Lower Germany soon took this as a base and extended their business activities to the whole Baltic region. Businessmen from Lubeck soon set up commercial stations in the Swedish city of Visby and the Russian city of Helmgard, and took control of the business in Riga on 1299. 1293, at Lubeck's repeated request, businessmen from mecklenburg and Pomerania held a congress in Rostock, and decided that all cases related to them in the future should be solved according to the laws of Lubeck. Twenty-six cities voted for the resolution. Lubeck became the headquarters of Lufthansa Alliance, and Lubeck Law became the same law of the Alliance.
After the establishment of Lufthansa Alliance, its purpose quickly changed from suppressing pirates, cracking down on looting and abolishing unreasonable tolls to expanding commercial power overseas, monopolizing commercial interests and suppressing commercial competition from German cities outside the Alliance and from Britain, Russia and Flanders.
With the expansion of military threats from Denmark in the north and Brandenburg in the south, Lufthansa Alliance began to form a navy and evolved from a simple economic alliance to an economic-political-military alliance. Many cities join the alliance for commercial interests or security.
By the middle of14th century, Lufthansa Alliance had expanded to all German Ports cities on the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, as well as Britain, Flanders, Denmark, Scandinavia, Russia, Finland and other places. German colonists on the east coast of the Baltic Sea built a large number of Lufthansa cities according to strict Lufthansa laws.
/kloc-was gradually formed in the 3rd century, and flourished in the 4th century, with at most 160 participating cities. 1367 A leading organization headed by Lubeck City was established, with the participation of wealthy businessmen and nobles from big cities such as Hamburg, Cologne and Bremen. Armed to the teeth 1370, defeated Denmark and concluded the Lacon Treaty. The alliance monopolized the trade in the Baltic region, and established commercial stations in the coastal areas from London in the west to Novgorod in the east, with strong strength. 15th century decline, 1669 disintegration.
Lufthansa Alliance reached its heyday in the late14th century and early15th century. Although its trading posts are limited to the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and Russia, its merchant ships are as far away as France, Spain and Portugal, bringing olive oil, fruits, various wines and salts from southern Europe. Its registered merchant ships are as many as 1000 to 2,000 tons, and Lufthansa merchants obtained one concession after another by providing loans to feudal lords of the Holy Roman Empire and monarchs of other countries. In its heyday, the Lufthansa Alliance dominated the candidates for the throne of Denmark and Sweden, and the king of England even mortgaged the crown to Lufthansa merchants for loans more than once, or borrowed its central fleet and sailors. Lufthansa Alliance has accumulated a lot of wealth by virtue of commerce and force, and won the respect of all countries.
Subsequently, four big hansha alliance commercial stations appeared in London, Flanders Bruges, Bergen, Norway and Novgorod, Russia.