A Sorb market place of merchants and craftsmen at the mouth of the Lubst in the Neisse, first named in 1033, where the long-distance roads from Leipzig to Posen (Poznań) and from Görlitz to Frankfurt on the Oder cross.
A Benedictine nunnery was founded on the west bank in 1157 and a convent suburb grew round it. The Wettin Henry the Illustrious grants Magdeburg town law on 1 June 1235. In 1200 a market of the march on its eastern edge; its lord is not named in the sources consulted.
Who holds it
- Name
- Margrave Conrad II
- Title
- Lord of the place
- Since
- 1190
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
Margrave Conrad II
How things stand that morning
The margrave's (not named).
Charter
None yet (Magdeburg law 1 June 1235).
Communities
Sorb merchants and craftsmen; Benedictine nuns (1157).
Trade and crafts
Neisse crossing where the Leipzig-Posen and Görlitz-Frankfurt roads meet.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: de.wikipedia.
Primary sources for Lusatia
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 Pegau; Annals of Magdeburg (12th and 13th centuries; Pegau continued to 1227). The annals of the Wettin lands and of Magdeburg. Read online
- Chronicle of the Lauterberg (Petersberg near Halle), Konrad of Lauterberg (about 1225). The house chronicle of the Wettin foundation on the Lauterberg, sharp-tongued and well informed on Saxony, Meissen and Magdeburg. Read online
- Deeds of the archbishops of Magdeburg (main text to 1142, continued in the 13th and 14th centuries). The Magdeburg house history, with a continuation covering Archbishop Ludolf of Kroppenstedt (1192 to 1205), a firm supporter of Philip who hosted the king's Christmas court at Magdeburg on 25 December 1199. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.