Hansa
# Hansa

Hansa may refer to:

## Places

* Hanseatic League, a 13th–17th century alliance of European trading cities
* Hansa (shopping centre), in Turku, Finland
* Hansa-Park, a German attraction park
* 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
* 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, a German auxiliary cruiser used in World War II
* SMS Hansa, a German Imperial navy ship name
   * SMS Hansa (1872), a German armored corvette
   * SMS Hansa (1898), a German protected cruiser
* SS Hansa, several steamships of the name
   * SS Albert Ballin, a German transatlantic passenger liner renamed Hansa in 1935 because Ballin had been Jewish
   * SS Hansa (1899), a Swedish passenger liner, sunk by a Soviet submarine in 1944

### 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
* Hansa Bai, 15th century Queen of Mewar

## Organizations

* 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
* 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, a synonym for Metrocles (skipper), a genus of butterflies
* 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 Session, a 2018 album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches.
* 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 science fiction series
* Hansa Parekh, a character in the Khichdi franchise
