Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, Episode 104, the Making of Holstein.

In today's episode we finally get closer to the history of the Hanseatic League.

We'll take a look at some of the fundamental changes in the Saxon policy towards the east

that were ushered

in during the reign of Lotharov-Supplinburg and shaped events for a long period thereafter.

It is in these decades that the Saxon magnates will realize that raiding and plundering

the lands east of the Alba is no longer the financially most attractive option.

A great organized migration from the overpopulated

Rhineland, Holland and Flanders into northern Germany begins. What we will look at specifically

is the county of Holstein and its brand new counts, the Lords of Schawenburg. These ambitious

and proactive family will develop these lands and found or re-found

two of the most significant cities of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck and Hamburg.

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Now last week we talked about Lothar of Suplenburg and how he transformed the political

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