Near the Curonian Lagoon south of modern Zelenogradsk lay Kaup, a trading settlement with a large cemetery of Scandinavian burials of the 9th to 11th centuries, the Sambian end of the amber trade.
It was abandoned by the 11th century. In 1200 the Sambians trade their amber and furs from their own landing places.
Who holds it
- Name
- no lord: an abandoned site
- Title
- nobody
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not applicable
- Confidence
- medium
Lord in 1200
Nobody: the site is abandoned; the ground belongs to the Sambians
How things stand that morning
Gone since the 11th century.
Charter
None: no town law. In 1200 no place in Pomerelia has German or any other town law.
Militia
The lord's men and the district levy.
Walls and castle
None standing.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Archaeology, as summarised in Wikipedia (Sambia Peninsula); dates from general accounts.
Primary sources for The Prussians
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.