The Baltic Sea port of Rostock, a…

The Baltic Sea port of Rostock, a site by the Warnow River first settled by Wends in the twelfth century and superseded by three German towns that were united later in that century, has by the early fifteenth century become a powerful member of the Hanseatic League and the biggest city in the Duchy of Mecklenburg.

The University of Rostock, founded in 1419 by confirmation of Pope Martin V, is thus one of the oldest universities in continental Northern Europe.