The castle of Broich at the Ruhr crossing of Mülheim with the parish round it.
The lordship 'coincided with the parish and Amt of Mülheim': Styrum, Dümpten, Heißen, Speldorf, Saarn, Menden and Holthausen, but not Mintard and Selbeck. Its lords appear from 1093; Berg's overlordship belongs to later centuries.
Who he is
- Title
- Lord of Broich
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- The lords of Broich, first named in 1093.
- Confidence
- low
de.wikipedia 'Herrschaft Broich' (it covers mainly the late Middle Ages).
Overlord
Not pinned for 1200; in the late Middle Ages Broich is a sub-lordship of the duchy of Berg.
What it holds
- Broich castle at the Ruhr crossing on the road from Duisburg to the Hellweg
- The parish of Mülheim with its farming communities
How it was acquired
An old family lordship; first named in 1093.
Allies and rivals
Between the archbishop of Cologne's Vest of Recklinghausen, the abbeys of Essen and Werden, the king's town of Duisburg and the county of Berg.
How things stand that morning
Held by the lords of Broich; no holder's name or act is pinned for 1199-1200.
Wealth
The Ruhr crossing, river meadows and farms.
Military
One castle on the river crossing.
Threats
- Absorption by Berg or by the archbishop of Cologne's Westphalian officers
Places of note
- Broich castle: Castle at the Ruhr crossing
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One article, mostly on the later lordship; the 1200 holder is unknown.
On the map: Drawn from the later parish and Amt of Mülheim.
Primary sources for Empire
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
- Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
- Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
- Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online
8 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.