The abbey town below the Michaelsberg, where Archbishop Anno II drove out the count palatine in 1060, founded his abbey in 1064 and was buried in 1075 (canonised 1183).
Henry IV granted market, toll and mint in 1069; the place had town rights before 1182 and a wall from the twelfth century. Drawn in Berg's colour because the count is its advocate and holds the land round it.
Who holds it
- Name
- The abbot of St Michael on the Michaelsberg (name not pinned), with the count of Berg as advocate
- Title
- Lord of the town
- Confidence
- medium
de.wikipedia Siegburg; Grafschaft Berg
Lord in 1200
The abbot of Siegburg; the advocate is Count Adolf III of Berg (the counts have held it since 1138-1139).
Overlord
The abbey (an imperial foundation of Archbishop Anno II, 1064)
How things stand that morning
Abbey town under Berg's advocacy; with Berg on Otto's side (not separately pinned).
Charter
Market, toll and mint from Henry IV (1069); town rights before 1182.
Communities
The Benedictine abbey of St Michael, with Anno's shrine (1183).
Fairs and markets
Market since 1069.
Walls and castle
Town wall of the twelfth century; the abbey on its hill.
Trade and crafts
Potters (Siegburg stoneware begins about 1000, flourishes from about 1300); the abbey's mint.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Privileges dated.
On the map: Town and fields.
Primary sources for Berg
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.
- 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
- Dialogue on Miracles, Caesarius of Heisterbach (about 1219 to 1223). Not a chronicle but a Cistercian's book of exempla, full of stories about Cologne, the Rhineland and the Low Countries around 1200: the throne war, usurers, heretics, crusade preachers, knights and townsmen, monks and recruits at Heisterbach, founded in 1189. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.