Hasselt, Overijssel
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.
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