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Bryggen
Bryggen is Bergen's old wharf, a reminder of the town's importance as part of the Hanseatic League trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Bryggen has suffered from fires several times, the most recent in 1955, which destroyed Bryggen's characteristic timber houses. Its reconstruction followed traditional patterns and methods, so its main structure has been preserved, a remnant of the old timber-framed urban architecture that was once common in Northern Europe. Today, about 62 buildings remain in this former townscape.
Medieval Town of Toruń
Toruń has its origins in the Teutonic Knights, who built a castle here in the middle of the 13th century as a base for their conquests and the spread of the gospel of Prussia. Soon it developed into a commercial city as part of the Hanseatic League. In both the Old Town and the New Town, many magnificent public and private buildings from the 14th and 15th centuries, including Copernicus's House, bear witness to Toruń's importance.
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn
Tallinn's history dates back to the 13th century, when crusading knights of the Teutonic Order built a castle on the site. Tallinn grew into a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its wealth is evident in its magnificent public buildings (especially its churches) and its civil architecture of merchant houses, which have survived remarkably well despite damage from fire and war over the centuries.
Hanseatic Town of Visby
Visby is a Viking site on the island of Gotland and was the main center of the Baltic Hanseatic League from the 12th to the 14th century. Visby retains its 13th-century city walls and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' houses from the same period, making it the best-preserved commercial fortress city in Northern Europe.
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
The two medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, located on the Baltic coast in northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries, they became administrative and defence centres for Swedish territories in Germany. They contributed to the development of Brick Gothic architectural types and techniques in the Baltic region, as evidenced by several important brick cathedrals, Stralsund Town Hall and a range of houses for residential, commercial and craft purposes, representing its evolution over the centuries.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
The Zollverein industrial area in North Rhine-Westphalia contains the intact infrastructure of a historic coal mining site as well as a number of 20th-century buildings of outstanding architectural value. It is a striking testimony to the development and decline of this important industry over the past 150 years.