Charenza
Charenza is the name of a Slavic rampart on the island of Rügen .
location
Until now it was considered certain that the castle wall near Garz (geographical location: 54 ° 18 ′ 51 ″ N , 13 ° 20 ′ 50 ″ E ) was the location of the Charenza described in the writings of Saxo Grammaticus and Helmold von Bosau . According to a new hypothesis, however, Charenza is to be equated with the castle wall near Venz in the municipality of Trent (Rügen) (geographical location: 54 ° 30 ′ 7 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E ). This is justified u. a. with the different meanings of the names Garz ("small castle") and Charenza. Furthermore, the proximity to Cape Arkona fits better with the times in the “ Gesta Danorum ” of the Saxo Grammaticus. In the 14th century, a place called Gharense was mentioned in the parish of Gingst .
Surname
The name Charenza (also Karentia , Karenz ) should be derived from the personal name "Chareta". Another thesis is based on the word "Koreta", which means root in German .
history
Charenza was the seat of a prince and the temple of the Rans . Here, the shrines of were Slavic gods rugiewit , Porevit and porenut . It also served as a refuge.
In 1168 the Danes under Waldemar I conquered the Jaromarsburg at Cape Arkona . At the instigation of the Danish bishop Absalon von Roskilde , Charenza surrendered without a fight after negotiations with the Rügen princes Tezlaw and Jaromar a few days later. The temple complexes were destroyed and mass baptisms took place. The ranic princes kept their property, but became vassals of the Danish king. Absalon thus secured domination on Rügen for Denmark over its previous allies, the Pomeranian dukes Bogislaw and Casimir I. The Rügen princes later moved their headquarters to the Rugard .
The Danish king donated money for 12 churches on Rügen, including the "capelle nostre in Charenz" enfeoffed with the village of Gagern in 1232 . 1234 was in Charenza by Wizlaw I. the town of Stralsund , the Lubeck city rights awarded. Charenza was mentioned for the last time in a document in 1237.
literature
- Kratzke, Reimann, Ruchhöft: Garz and Rugendahl on Rügen in the Middle Ages. In: Baltic Studies 2004 - Pomeranian Yearbooks for National History. New series vol. 90, Verlag Ludwig, Kiel 2005, pp. 25–52, ISBN 3-937719-02-4
- Sven Wichert: Observations on Karentia on Rügen in the Middle Ages. In: Baltic Studies 2005 - Pomeranian Yearbooks for National History. New series Vol. 91, Verlag Ludwig, Kiel 2006, pp. 31–38, ISBN 3-937719-35-0