Kontor

A kontor (English pronunciation: /kɒnˈtɔər/) was a foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League.

In addition to the major kontore in London (Steelyard), Ipswich, Bruges, Bergen (Bryggen), and Novgorod (Peterhof), some ports had a representative merchant and a warehouse.

Of all the kontor buildings, only Bergen's kontor, known as Bryggen in Norway, has survived until the present day. The Hanseatic kontor at Bryggen was closed in 1754 and replaced by a "Norwegian kontor", run by Norwegian citizens, but still with a large element of German immigrants. Bergen's kontor is on the UNESCO list of the World Cultural Heritage sites.

The Hanseatic Warehouse in King's Lynn, England, survives – but it was converted into offices in 1971.

Through Middle Low German , from French , from Latin "calculate, compute". After spreading via the League, the word continues to mean "office" in the Scandinavian languages, while is used in Dutch.

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