Hasselt near Zwolle in Overijssel was granted city rights in 1252 and joined the Hansa in 1350. Its location at the confluence of the Zwartewater and Overijsselse Vecht and the right to hold weekly markets and annual fairs led to a period of prosperity centred around shipbuilding, weaving and later limekilns, which date from around 1500 and were in use until the 1990s. The video is here.
Kampen, lying onthe IJssel river, became an important Hansa centre for cargo in the 12th and 13th centuries. There’s a video here (showing also a Kogge ship under sail.)
Zwolle was founded by Frisian merchants on a hill surrounded by four rivers – the IJssel, Vecht, Aa and Zwarte Water. City status came in 1230 and Zwolle became a member of the Hansa in 1294. It participated in the war between the League and Denmark (1361-1370) and in the Treaty of Stralsund was granted a trade colony in Scania in southern Sweden. The town flourished during the 15th century.
