Hansa

Hansa may refer to:

• Hanseatic League, a 13th–17th century alliance of European trading cities

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Ships

• SS Hansa (1899), a Swedish passenger liner, sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1944
• SMS Hansa (1872), a German armored corvette
• SMS Hansa (1898), a German protected cruiser
• SS Albert Ballin, a German transatlantic passenger liner renamed Hansa in 1935 because Ballin had been Jewish
• Hansa, the research ship of the Second German North Polar Expedition
• German auxiliary cruiser Hansa, a German auxiliary cruiser used in World War II
• Hansa Carrier, a container ship, the recovery of whose lost cargo of uniquely numbered Nike shoes provided research into North Pacific Ocean currents

Others

• Hansa (airship), or Zeppelin LZ13, a German airship
• Hansa (car), a German car brand of the Borgward group
• HFB 320 Hansa Jet, a German business jet

Organizations

• Hansa (shopping centre), in Turku, Finland
• Hansa Brewery, a Norwegian brewery merged to form Hansa Borg Bryggerier
• Hansa Records, a record label based in Germany
• Hansa Tonstudio, a recording studio in Berlin, Germany
• Hansa Rostock, a German football (soccer) club
• Hansa-Park, a German attraction park
• Lufthansa, a German airline company
• Lüneburger SK Hansa, a German football (soccer) club
• DDG Hansa, a former German shipping company
• Hansa (market), a former darknet market
• Hansa Chippers, a woodchipper manufacturer based in New Zealand

Other uses

• Hansa (film), a 2012 Hindi film directed by Manav Kaul
• Hansa Bird, or Hamsa, a swan or goose used as a symbol and decorative element in India
• Hansa Yellow, a yellow pigment used in paints
• 480 Hansa, a minor planet orbiting the sun
• Hansa (Saga of Seven Suns), an Earth-based trade organization that governs much of human civilization in Kevin J. Anderson's The Saga of Seven Suns science fiction series
• Hansa Parekh, a character in the Khichdi franchise

See also

• Khansa (disambiguation)
• Hamsa (disambiguation)