Packet 6: Tossup 3

This city developed a system of municipal law in which guilds would appoint 20 members of a council, (15[1])or rat. This city was the northern end of a trade route improved by the Stecknitz (15[1])Canal. Reval was founded (15[1])under a system of law named for this city that was the main alternative to Magdeburg (15[4])Law. This city was the end of the medieval (-5[1])Old Salt (-5[1])Route (15[1])that supplied (15[1])the fish (15[1])trade of Falsterbo. (15[2])Adolf II ceded this city to Henry the Lion building it on land conquered from the (*) Obotrites. (-5[1])In a 1370 treaty, an alliance led by this city forced King Valdemar (10[1])IV (10[1])to grant them tax exemptions. (10[1])An organization that grew out of this city (10[2])opened posts (10[1])called (10[1])Kontor (10[1]-5[1])and fought (10[1])the (-5[1])Victual (“Vittle”) Brothers of Visby over trade in the Baltic Sea. For 10 points, name this German port city (-5[1])that served as the informal capital of the Hanseatic League. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

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