# Hansa

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**Hansa** may refer to:

## Places

- [Hansa (shopping centre)](/source/Hansa_(shopping_centre)), in Turku, Finland
- [Hansa-Park](/source/Hansa-Park), a German attraction park
- [480 Hansa](/source/480_Hansa), a main-belt asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun

## Transportation

### Ships

- *Hansa*, a schooner, the research ship of the Second [German North Polar Expedition](/source/German_North_Polar_Expedition)
- [*Hansa Carrier*](/source/Hansa_Carrier), a container ship, the recovery of whose lost cargo of uniquely numbered Nike shoes provided research into North Pacific Ocean currents
- [German auxiliary cruiser *Hansa*](/source/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Hansa), a German auxiliary cruiser used in World War II
- [SMS *Hansa*](/source/SMS_Hansa), a German Imperial navy ship name - [SMS *Hansa* (1872)](/source/SMS_Hansa_(1872)), a German armored corvette - [SMS *Hansa* (1898)](/source/SMS_Hansa_(1898)), a German protected cruiser
- [SS *Hansa*](/source/SS_Hansa), several steamships of the name - [SS *Albert Ballin*](/source/SS_Albert_Ballin), a German transatlantic passenger liner renamed *Hansa* in 1935 because Ballin had been Jewish - [SS *Hansa* (1899)](/source/SS_Hansa_(1899)), a Swedish passenger liner, sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1944

### Others

- [Hansa (airship)](/source/Hansa_(airship)), or Zeppelin LZ13, a German airship
- [Hansa (car)](/source/Hansa_(car)), a German car brand of the Borgward group
- [HFB 320 Hansa Jet](/source/HFB_320_Hansa_Jet), a German business jet
- [Hansa Bai](/source/Hansa_Bai), 15th century Queen of Mewar

## Organizations

- [Hanseatic League](/source/Hanseatic_League), a 13th–17th century alliance of European trading cities
- [Hansa Brewery](/source/Hansa_Brewery), a Norwegian brewery merged to form Hansa Borg Bryggerier
- [Hansa Records](/source/Hansa_Records), a record label based in Germany
- [Hansa Tonstudio](/source/Hansa_Tonstudio), a recording studio in Berlin, Germany
- [Hansa Rostock](/source/Hansa_Rostock), a German football (soccer) club
- [Lufthansa](/source/Lufthansa), a German airline company
- [Lüneburger SK Hansa](/source/L%C3%BCneburger_SK_Hansa), a German football (soccer) club
- [DDG Hansa](/source/DDG_Hansa), a former German shipping company
- [Hansa (market)](/source/Hansa_(market)), a former darknet market
- Hansa Chippers, a [woodchipper](/source/Woodchipper) manufacturer based in New Zealand

## Other uses

- *Hansa*, a synonym for [*Metrocles* (skipper)](/source/Metrocles_(skipper)), a genus of butterflies
- [*Hansa* (film)](/source/Hansa_(film)), a 2012 Hindi film directed by Manav Kaul
- [Hansa Bird](/source/Hansa_Bird), or Hamsa, a swan or goose used as a symbol and decorative element in India
- [Hansa Session](/source/Hansa_Session), a 2018 album by [Scottish](/source/Scotland) [synth-pop](/source/Synth-pop) band [Chvrches](/source/Chvrches).
- [Hansa Yellow](/source/Hansa_Yellow), a yellow pigment used in paints
- Hansa, an Earth-based trade organization that governs much of human civilization in Kevin J. Anderson's *[The Saga of Seven Suns](/source/The_Saga_of_Seven_Suns)* science fiction series
- Hansa Parekh, a character in the [Khichdi](/source/Khichdi_(franchise)) franchise

## See also

- [Khansa (disambiguation)](/source/Khansa_(disambiguation))
- [Hamsa (disambiguation)](/source/Hamsa_(disambiguation))

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