Kessin Castle
| Kessin Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Kizun | |
| Creation time : | before 1121 | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Kessin | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 3 '46 " N , 12 ° 10' 40" E | |
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The castle Kessin was a castle in the district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . It was the main castle of the Slavic tribe of the Kessiner . Probably their main shrine was also located here. The exact location of the castle is unclear. Most likely it was not in what is now Kessin .
location
The castle was located on the lower reaches of the Warnow , according to current research, to the southwest of Fresendorf . There is an elongated hill of over 200 m extension called Schloßberg. Excavations resulted in intensive settlement during the Slav period. The slight northeast orientation of the castle also speaks for a Slavic place of worship.
history
The castle was first mentioned in 1121 as Kizun . It was said that she was "more famous and richer in treasures than anyone else". In 1114 the Abodrites moved together with the Saxons against the Kessiner under Prince Dunar and in 1121 against Prince Sventipolk , who was subjugated. The Kessin Castle was conquered and became part of the Abodrites' domain.
The first reliable evidence of the castle is the Chronicle Gesta Danorum by the Dane Saxo Grammaticus (around 1200). It reports how the Abodrite prince Niklot fell in a defensive battle against the Saxon Duke Heinrich the Lion south of Rostock near Werle Castle . Niklot's sons Pribislaw and Wertislaw were temporarily expelled from the Abodritenland and in the following year the Danish King Waldemar I, who was allied with the Saxons, destroyed the Slavic princely castle of Kessin. In 1164 Pribislaw received parts of the land back as a fief and called himself Prince von Kissin until 1171. In 1211, the bishop in Schwerin was given part of the castle district of Kessin, partly only the village of Goderac (later Kessin) and a neighboring village. After that, the castle lost its importance with the rise of Rostock , was not mentioned any further and fell into disrepair.
Footnotes
- ↑ See: Saxo Grammaticus : Gesta Danorum . Myths and legends of the famous medieval historian Saxo Grammaticus. Translated, retold and commented by Hans-Jürgen Hube. Wiesbaden: Marix-Verlag 2004. ISBN 3-937715-41-X . See also: Gesta Danorum in full Latin text on the homepage of the Danish Royal Library