The Poigenreich was a county covering the whole Horn basin, with its seat at Poigen.
By 1200 the counts of Poigen had died out or sunk to knightly rank, and who held the lordship that winter is not pinned. About 1150-60 the heirs of a Count Kerold laid out the fortified town (Burgstadt) of Horn across the Taffa from the old church settlement of St. Stephen. The Benedictine abbey of Altenburg (1144) lies to the west.
Who he is
- Name
- not pinned: the counts of Poigen had faded (only knights of Poigen are recorded from 1175); the successors of a Count Kerold laid out the fortified town of Horn about 1150-60
- Title
- Lords of the Horn basin
- Family
- The counts of Poigen founded Altenburg Abbey in 1144 (Countess Hildburg, widow of Gebhard, died 1144).
- Confidence
- low
de.wikipedia Grafen von Poigen; Horn (Niederösterreich).
Overlord
Duke Leopold VI of Austria
What it holds
- Horn, a fortified market of about 1150-60
- The Horn basin villages
- The advocacy of Altenburg Abbey (holder not pinned)
How things stand that morning
Lordship in other hands than the old counts; holder not pinned.
Wealth
Rural rents of the Horn basin.
Military
The fortified town of Horn.
Places of note
- Altenburg Abbey: Founded 1144 by the countess of Poigen
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The holder in 1200 is unknown in what we read.
On the map: Approximate.
Primary sources for Austria
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 Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
- Annals of Schäftlarn and the Bavarian annals (12th and 13th centuries). Brief Bavarian annals. Read online
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
- Regesta Imperii V: calendar of the acts of Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II, 1198 to 1272 (calendar of documents of 1198 to 1272, published 1881 to 1901). A dated calendar of every known act of King Philip and King Otto IV, with the acts of popes and princes that bear on the Empire. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
- Bavarian monuments: the charters of the Bavarian monasteries and bishoprics (charters from the 8th century onward, published 1763 to 1916). The great charter series of Bavaria, arranged by monastery and bishopric. Read online
- The political songs of Walther von der Vogelweide, 1198 to 1201, Walther von der Vogelweide (about 1198 to 1201). Three stanzas of the Reichston, composed between 1198 and 1201 after Walther left Vienna, lament the disorder of the double election and call on Philip to take the crown. Read online
- Constitutions and public acts of the emperors and kings, volume 2, 1198 to 1272 (documents of 1198 to 1272, edited 1896). The public documents of the throne war in full text: the election notices of 1198, the princes' declaration of Speyer of 28 May 1199 to Innocent III, the pope's replies, Philip's and Otto's letters and promises, and the imperial acts of 1200 and 1201 including Otto's promises at Neuss in June 1201. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.