Officers: prévôtés, bailiwicks, seneschals · Archbishopric of Magdeburg · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Land of Jüterbog

Archbishop Wichmann took Jüterbog in 1157 and made it a German castle district (Burgward), the centre of a Magdeburg block cut off from the archbishop's Elbe lands by the Fläming.

In 1174 he gave the town its rights and called it the beginning and head of the province of Jüterbog, a land that took in Zinna, Luckenwalde and Trebbin and reached north to the Seddiner See. He founded the Cistercian abbey of Zinna there in 1170 and brought in settlers, many from Flanders, which gave the Fläming its name. A Slav raid destroyed the town in 1179; it was rebuilt, and the archbishop's coins were struck there by 1192.

About 1186 Wichmann also acquired Dahme to the south-east, which the lords of Dahme held of the archbishop (the start of their tenure not pinned). The land is the archbishop's base for his claims north into the Teltow and towards Lebus.

Who he is

Name
not pinned (a Vogt and a Schultheiss appear at Jüterbog in 1217)
Title
The archbishop's officer at Jüterbog (castellan or Vogt) for Archbishop Ludolf
Confidence
low

de.wikipedia (Jüterbog; Dahme/Mark; Teltow-Krieg; Erzstift Magdeburg).

Overlord

Archbishop Ludolf of Magdeburg (the Magdeburg realm record).

What it holds

  • Jüterbog castle and town (town rights 1174; mint by 1192)
  • Luckenwalde castle on the Nuthe (first named 1216; later held by the archbishop's ministeriales of Richow, start of their tenure not pinned)
  • The province of Jüterbog: Zinna Abbey's lands (Cistercian, founded 1170), Luckenwalde and Trebbin on the Nuthe, north to the Seddiner See
  • Dahme castle district (acquired about 1186, enfeoffed to the lords of Dahme: not pinned for 1200)
  • Claims north into the Teltow and towards Lebus

How it was acquired

Conquest by Archbishop Wichmann, 1157; Dahme about 1186.

Allies and rivals

The margrave (both Staufen; rivals for the Teltow); the Wettin margrave of Lusatia to the south-east; the Slav country of the Teltow to the north.

How things stand that morning

Held for Archbishop Ludolf, who backs Philip. Officers that winter not pinned.

Wealth

The Jüterbog market and mint; the Zinna estates; the roads from Magdeburg and Wittenberg to Lusatia and the Teltow.

Military

Jüterbog castle; the Nuthe castles at Luckenwalde and Trebbin (holders not pinned). No figures.

Threats

  • Slav raids such as that of 1179
  • Wettin expansion from Lusatia

Places of note

  • Jüterbog castle and town: Head of the province (1174).
  • Zinna Abbey: Cistercian house founded by Wichmann (1170).
  • Dahme: Castle district acquired about 1186.

Where the sources disagree

  • The Rhineland map's Magdeburg lists Jüterbog 'beyond the sheet's edge': this record draws it.
  • Luckenwalde: the 1174 charter puts it in the province of Jüterbog, but the de.wikipedia article on Luckenwalde says the place came under Wettin dominance in the mid-12th century; its castle (first named 28 December 1216) and eleven villages were later held by the Magdeburg ministeriales of Richow, who sold them to Zinna in 1285 (start of their tenure not pinned). Drawn as the archbishop's, following the 1174 charter.

Evidence: The 1157 conquest, the 1174 charter and its province are well attested; officers in 1200 are not.

On the map: The province's limits follow the 1174 charter's places; the gap between Jüterbog and Dahme is left open.

Primary sources for Magdeburg

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.

Sources and studies

  1. Jüterbog, de.wikipedia
  2. Dahme/Mark, de.wikipedia
  3. Luckenwalde, de.wikipedia

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.