Round 6: Tossup 3

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

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