Möckern

Who holds it

Name

Margrave Otto II as the archbishop's vassal (not pinned)

Title

Lord

Since

not pinned

Confidence

low

Möckern, de.wikipedia

Lord in 1200

Not pinned between the margrave and the archbishop.

How things stand that morning

Castle place; lordship surrendered to Magdeburg in 1196.

Charter

Not yet a chartered town.

Council

None yet.

Walls and castle

Castle (keep survives) and town wall.

Where the sources disagree

• Inside the Rhineland map's Magdeburg outline; see Margrave's lands east of the Elbe.

Evidence: One 1196 transfer.

Primary sources for Brandenburg (Otto II)

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
• Pomeranian charter book, volume 1, 786 to 1253 (documents of 786 to 1253, edited 1868). All known charters for Pomerania and Rügen to 1253. Read online