Castle on the Vistula at the northern edge of the Chełmno land near the mouth of the Osa, facing Pomesania.
Taken by the Teutonic Order in 1234 (de.wikipedia Kulmer Land). A frontier castle, not a town, in 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- Konrad (under his mother Helen's regency); castellan not named for 1200
- Title
- duke, through his castellan
- Since
- 1194
- Born
- about 1187/1188
- Family
- see Masovia and Kuyavia
- Confidence
- medium
Wikipedia (de): Kulmer Land
Lord in 1200
The duke; its castle answers to the Chełmno castellany (officer not named for 1200).
How things stand that morning
Held for Konrad.
Charter
None in 1200: a ducal castle (gród) with a market settlement (podgrodzie) under Polish law, not a chartered town.
Council
None: the castellan and the duke's officers govern the settlement.
Communities
Polish settlers and the garrison.
Fairs and markets
Not pinned; a weekly market under the castle by Polish custom.
Militia
The castle levy; the settlement's men serve under the castellan.
Walls and castle
Earth-and-timber castle.
Trade and crafts
Vistula river traffic.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: de.wikipedia Kulmer Land.
Primary sources for Masovia and Kuyavia
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.
- Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. Read online
- The annals of the Kraków chapter and the other Polish annals (kept from the 11th century; the Kraków chapter annals continued to 1266). Short dated entries that fix the chronology Kadłubek blurs: the deaths of dukes and bishops, Mieszko the Old's captures of Kraków, Prussian raids on Masovia, church consecrations. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.