Before the silver was found Jihlava was a small Slav market village with a church of St John the Baptist on the left bank of the Jihlava river, established on a trade route 'around 1200'; whether it exists on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.
First named 1233; silver mining from 1234; the royal mining town is laid out between 1233 and 1240.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not pinned (the margrave's frontier forest)
- Title
- Lord
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- medium
English Wikipedia (Jihlava).
Lord in 1200
Not pinned (the margrave's frontier forest)
How things stand that morning
Not a town; at most a market village in the frontier forest.
Council
None: the place is governed by the prince's or the bishop's officers.
Militia
None of its own; the men of the castle district serve under the castellan.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: English Wikipedia (Jihlava).
Primary sources for Moravia
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 Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. 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
- Charters and letters of the kingdom of Bohemia, volume 2, 1198 to 1230 (documents of 1198 to 1230, edited 1912). The critical edition of every Bohemian and Moravian charter and letter from Ottokar I's accession to 1230.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.