A Zähringen market town on the Brigach at the eastern foot of the Black Forest, whose market, mint and toll right goes back to a grant of 999 to Count Berthold.
It is the duke's gateway to the Baar and the road over the Black Forest to Freiburg.
Who holds it
- Name
- Berthold V of Zähringen
- Title
- Lord of the town
- Confidence
- high
Lord in 1200
Berthold V of Zähringen
Charter
Market, mint and toll of 999; the town plan is Zähringen.
Militia
No numbers in the sources.
Trade and crafts
Market of the Baar; the Black Forest road.
Primary sources for Zähringen
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
- 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
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.