The Andechs set up a market on the left bank of the Inn in 1133 (today St.
Nikolaus) and joined it to the other bank by the Inn bridge in the 1170s. In 1180 they took land on the south bank from Wilten abbey by exchange, and 'Insprugk' is first named that year. The market received market rights in 1187 and town rights at some point between 1187 and 1205, so whether it is a town or still a market on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.
The town charter is confirmed and enlarged in 1239.
Who holds it
- Name
- Duke Berthold of Merania (the Andechs)
- Title
- Lord
- Since
- 1188
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- See Andechs (Inn valley).
- Confidence
- high
de.wikipedia Innsbruck; de.wikipedia Andechs (Adelsgeschlecht).
Lord in 1200
The Andechs, dukes of Merania.
How things stand that morning
A young Andechs market town at the Inn bridge.
Charter
Market rights 1187; town rights between 1187 and 1205 (not pinned).
Walls and castle
not pinned for 1200; Ambras above is in ruins since 1133.
Trade and crafts
The Inn crossing on the road from Bavaria to the Brenner; the bridge toll.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- by 1205 (date not pinned)Town rights.Depends on: The Andechs' grant. Stopped by: Play.
Places of note
- Wilten abbey: The abbey that ceded the south-bank land in 1180
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The 1133, 1180 and 1187 dates are attested; the town-rights date is a range.
On the map: A point.
Primary sources for Empire
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 Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
- Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. 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
- Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
- Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online
8 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.