Town · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Tribsees

Castle on the Trebel (castle named 1140, land 1136), centre of the Tribsees land.

A Slav castle and settlement in 1200; a German town by 1267, with Lübeck law confirmed in 1285.

Who holds it

Name
Jaromar I (Danish grant), claimed by Margrave Otto II of Brandenburg
Title
lord of the Tribsees land
Since
see Tribsees land
Born
see Rügen
Family
see Rügen
Confidence
low

de.wikipedia Tribsees, Fürstentum Rügen, Otto II. (Brandenburg)

Lord in 1200

Contested: Jaromar of Rügen by Danish grant, the margrave of Brandenburg by Philip's grant of about 1198.

How things stand that morning

Contested; see Tribsees land.

Charter

None in 1200.

Council

None: no town commune in 1200.

Communities

Slav.

Militia

Part of the castle levy.

Walls and castle

Slav castle (the rampart is not precisely dated).

Trade and crafts

The Trebel crossing on the road from Rostock to Demmin.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: de.wikipedia Tribsees has nothing on the holders; the claims come from other articles.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia (de): Tribsees
  2. Wikipedia (de): Fürstentum Rügen
  3. Wikipedia (de): Otto II. (Brandenburg)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.