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Wismar==== Wismar is a port and Hanseatic city in Northern Germany by the Baltic Sea , in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . It is located about 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Lübeck and 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Schwerin , and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . Its natural harbour, located in the Bay of Wismar , is protected by a promontory. The population of the town is...
The historical population of the area was a mix of West Slavic, Polish, Baltic, German, Kashub, and Old Prussians with a sprinkling of Danes, Finns, Swedes, Balkan, and even French Huguenots. There are a lot of historical factors that brought that about. The Hanseatic League trading network (beginning in the 1300s) brought trade, culture, people and languages. The Reformation brought Protestant...