The great imperial abbey of canonesses on the castle hill, founded in 936 by Queen Matilda over the tomb of Henry I, and the market settlement below it.
The town as a self-governing community develops only towards 1300. The abbey founded Michaelstein (1147) and is about to found Brehna (1201). Its side in the throne war is not pinned.
Who holds it
- Name
- The abbess of Quedlinburg: Agnes II (of the Wettin house of Meissen), abbess 1184 to her death on 22 January 1203
- Title
- Lady of the town
- Since
- royal foundation of 936
- Confidence
- medium
The list of abbesses (de.wikipedia) confirms an abbess ruling 1184 to 22 January 1203, but its name column did not come through; the name Agnes II is from general knowledge.
Lord in 1200
The abbess; the advocacy has been held by counts of the Harz since the mid-12th century (the Arnsteins as sub-advocates; the Regensteins get it only in 1273); the advocate in 1200 is not pinned.
How things stand that morning
Imperial abbey; side not pinned.
Charter
Royal market rights of the late 10th century (date not verified here).
Council
Not yet.
Communities
The canonesses; the Premonstratensians of St Wigbert (since 1146).
Fairs and markets
Market.
Walls and castle
The abbey castle hill.
Trade and crafts
Market for the Bode valley.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Abbess and advocate in 1200 not verified.
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
- Stift Quedlinburg, de.wikipedia
- Arnstein (Adelsgeschlecht), de.wikipedia
- Liste der Äbtissinnen von Quedlinburg, de.wikipedia
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.