Deggendorf

Who holds it

Title

Lord of the county of Deggendorf (not pinned)

Confidence

low

Deggendorf (de.wikipedia); Grafen von Bogen (de.wikipedia)

Lord in 1200

Not pinned. The town's history says the Wittelsbach took 'the former county of Deggendorf' when the Babenbergs and the counts of Bogen died out (in the 1240s); the Bogen counts gained the county only in 1230, so in 1200 it is probably the Babenbergs' (the dukes of Austria).

Overlord

The duke of Bavaria and the king.

How things stand that morning

On 1 January 1200 a market settlement whose lord is not pinned.

Charter

First named in Henry II's charter for Niedermünster of 20 November 1002 (Techindorf in the eleventh century); it appears as a town about 1212; charters of 1316 and 1320.

Council

None recorded.

Militia

Not recorded.

Walls and castle

None recorded for 1200 (the Danube bridge is first named in 1280).

Trade and crafts

A natural Danube crossing continuing the Isar road northwards; gold washing on the Danube sandbanks; vineyards on the Mühlberg (1149).

Where the sources disagree

• If the Babenbergs hold the county of Deggendorf in 1200, this is an Austrian lordship inside Bavaria (for the aus researcher to confirm).

Evidence: The holder in 1200 is inferred.

Primary sources for Bavaria

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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Charter book of the bishops of Trent (compiled 1207 to 1218; documents from the 11th century onward; edited 1852). The cartulary of the prince-bishops of Trent. Read online