No town: the Landeck basin where the Reschen road meets the Inn and the way to the Arlberg.
The free men of Zams, the Stanzertal, Fliess and Prutz witness a Marienberg charter in 1150. The county was probably Welf property, then Staufen; the margraves of Ronsberg hold it until 1212, after them the Ulten counts until 1248. Burg Landeck is built only in the last quarter of the thirteenth century, and the court of Landeck is first named in 1282.
Who holds it
- Name
- The county of the Upper Inn valley: the margraves of Ronsberg until 1212 (Tirol Atlas; the Rhineland sheet records a pledge by King Philip, date not pinned); de.wikipedia's Landeck article gives the counts of Ulten until the mid-thirteenth century
- Title
- Lord
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- See the Rhineland sheet record Ronsberg.
- Confidence
- low
de.wikipedia Landeck (Tirol); Tirol Atlas.
Lord in 1200
The Ronsberg margraves (or King Philip, if the pledge is later).
How things stand that morning
Ronsberg ground, Staufen side.
Council
Rural assemblies of Stanzertal, Zams and Fliess (later evidence).
Communities
Free men of the valley (1150).
Walls and castle
None in 1200.
Trade and crafts
The Reschen and Arlberg roads.
Where the sources disagree
- de.wikipedia Landeck gives the counts of Ulten as lords until the mid-thirteenth century; the Tirol Atlas gives the Ronsberg margraves until 1212 and the Ulten after.
Evidence: The county's holder around 1200 rests on the Tirol Atlas's general statement.
On the map: A point.
Primary sources for Staufen
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
- 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
23 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.