Seppi / Stadt Dorsten
DAY OF THE HANSA 2025 in Dorsten
A guided city tour through the old town of Dorsten in the footsteps of the Hanseatic League
17. May 2025
Dorsten
The Hanseatic League, with the city of Lübeck as the “head of the Hanseatic League”, dominated northern European trade for around 400 years, and Dorsten was part of it thanks to the capillary network of inland shipping. Since the Archbishop of Cologne granted the town charter in 1251, Dorsten grew steadily and its strategically favorable location with a crossing over the River Lippe made it an interesting trading hub. Dorsten can boast merchants in the registers of the trading offices of Riga or Bruges and also had numerous shipyards for shipbuilding in the Lippe valley with its own type of ship, the “Dorstener Aak”. On the guided tour through the old town, the Hanseatic merchant tells stories from Dorsten's past, an entertaining look at family chronicles, trade relations, old houses, churches and monasteries. The exciting journey ends after approx. 90 minutes in the historic Old Town Hall on the market square with a stimulating “Hanseatic drink”.
Saturday, 17.05.25 - Start 17.00, from the Old Town Hall, Markt 1, 46282 Dorsten
Participation fee 10.00 Euros for adults, 5.00 Euros for children (6-14). Includes a drink in the Old Town Hall after the tour.
Further information and booking at the City Agency Stadtagentur Dorsten, Lippestraße 41, Telefon 02362-663066, stadtagentur@dorsten.de or on the reservation platform www.reservix.de
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