21. Today the Elbe Weser triangle belongs to Lower Saxony outside the borders of the Hanseatic cities . 22. The Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg is its own state in the Federal Republic of Germany. 23. The Hanseatic cities had their own legal system and furnished their own armies for mutual protection and aid. 24. There were approximately 50, 000 awards of the Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg, the largest Hanseatic city . 25. It was formed by merging the contingents of the Hanseatic Cities with those of the Mecklenburg grand duchies. 26. The division was composed primarily of troops from the Free and Hanseatic Cities and from Schleswig-Holstein. 27. Flensburg Town Library-L�beck City Library-Archives of the Hanseatic City of L�beck-Danish National Library 28. Red and white still feature as the colours of many former Hanseatic cities such as Hamburg or Bremen. 29. In 1914 he was promoted to professor by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg. 30. The city salutes this maritime trading heritage in its official title _ the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
