Division of Chemnitz
The division of Chemnitz regulated the succession in the state of Thuringia :
After the death of Friedrich the Strengen , Margrave of Meißen and Landgrave of Thuringia, the five heirs of the Wettin countries decided to divide the country. On November 13, 1382 they met in Chemnitz (presumably in the local Benedictine monastery ) and divided the lands as follows:
Part 1: Balthasar , brother of the deceased, received large parts of the Landgraviate of Thuringia , namely: Wartburg , Eisenach , Creuzburg , Markgrafenstein , Salzungen , Lichtenberg , Tenneberg , Gotha , Wachsenburg , Mehlis , Elgersburg , Black Forest , Liebenstein , Ballhausen , Grüningen , Weißensee , Tennstedt , Herbsleben , Salza , Thamsbrück , Bischofsgottern , Weimar , Eckartsberga , Finne , Neumark , Buttelstedt , the escort to Erfurt , the mayor's office in Nordhausen , Wiehe , Schönewerda , Buttstädt , Sangerhausen , Grillenburg , Brandenberg , Großfurra , Brücken , Bendeleben , Rothenburg , Kyffhausen , Schlotheim , Treffurt , Breitenbach , the forest of Gerstungen , Beyernaumburg , Gebesee and the Sittichenbach monastery .
Part 2: Wilhelm I the one-eyed , brother of the deceased, received the Margraviate of Meissen .
3rd part: Frederick the arguable , Wilhelm II the rich and Georg, sons of the deceased (all three until 1390 under the tutelage of their mother Katharina von Henneberg ), received the Osterland , Landsberg , Pleißnerland , Orlamünde , Kahla , Jena and Naumburg (Saale ) .
Freiberg remained under common management.
After the death of Wilhelm I the one-eyed man in 1407, the margraviate of Meißen passed into the possession of his nephews Friedrich IV, the arrogant, and Wilhelm II, the rich.