Lübeck, German Empire Business and Occupations
The Hanseatic League
The merchants of Lübeck were the founders of the Hanseatic League. More information about the history can be found here
Here is a time line of the Hanseatic League
http://suomenhirvi.piranho.de/examensseiten/hanse/HanseZeit.htm
A very important trade was the transport of salt from Lübeck to the Baltic Sea where fishermen used the salt to conserve their fish. Read all about salt transport at http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monumente-online.de%2F07%2F01%2Fleitartikel%2F01_Salzstrasse.php%3Fseite%3D2&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8