Round 5: 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 end point of a trade route improved by the Stecknitz Canal. Reval was founded under a system of law named for this city (-5[1])that was the main alternative to Magdeburg Law. This city was the end of the medieval Old Salt Route that supplied the fish trade of Falsterbo. Adolf II ceded this city to Henry the Lion after building it on land conquered from the (*) Obotrites. In a 1370 treaty, an alliance led by this city forced King Valdemar IV to grant (10[1])them tax exemptions. An organization that grew out of this city opened posts (-5[1])called Kontor and fought the 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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