Wismar (English spelling)

Japanese: ウィスマル（英語表記）Wismar

A port city in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany. Population 54,000 (1991). Facing the Baltic Sea. Shipbuilding and food industries are active here. In the 12th century, under the influence of Lübeck, it developed from a fishing village into a commercial city. As an ally of Lübeck, it became one of the core cities of the Hanseatic League early on and contributed to the maintenance of the city alliance. In addition to transit trade, it has been known since the Middle Ages for brewing and exporting beer. It was part of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg throughout the Middle Ages, and after the Thirty Years' War it became part of Sweden, but was returned to its former sovereign in 1803.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ドイツ北部，メクレンブルク･フォアポンメルン州の港湾都市。人口5万4000(1991)。バルト海に面する。造船業，食品業が行われる。12世紀にリューベックの影響下に一漁村から商業都市へと発達。早くからリューベックの盟友としてハンザ同盟中核都市の一つとなり，都市連合の維持に貢献した。中継貿易のみならず，中世以来ビールの醸造･輸出でも知られた。中世を通じてメクレンブルク大公領に属し，三十年戦争後，スウェーデン領となったが，1803年旧主に復帰した。

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