Parchim-Richenberg rule
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The (principality) lordship of Parchim-Richenberg came into being after the first division of Mecklenburg into the main state after the death of Heinrich Borwin II in 1226. It was named after the capital Parchim . Later, when the residence was moved to Richenberg, the name Richenberg was added. The rulership included the countries of Parchim (with Brenz and Rosengarten), the Ture landscape (see Amt Ture ) and the later bailiwicks of Plau , Goldberg , Sternberg and finally Richenberg (on the Warnow near Langen Brütz ). It was the most short-lived of the four principal principalities in Mecklenburg.
The first prince of Mecklenburg-Werle was Pribislaw I of the Obodriten family . He was the youngest son of Heinrich Borwin II and after the division of the country he was awarded the rule of Parchim-Richenberg. He grew up at the court of his brother Johann I von Mecklenburg . Since he was still too young, he administered the rule for his brother until 1238. In 1238 Pribislaw was able to take control of Parchim. This included the countries of Parchim (with Brenz and Rosengarten), the Ture region, and the later bailiwicks of Plau, Goldberg, Sternberg and ultimately Richenberg. Early on he got into border disputes with the Schwerin counts . So he had to cede Brenz and Neustadt-Glewe . After this feud he managed to stabilize his principality economically by founding the cities of Goldberg and Sternberg and settling Jews in Parchim. In 1248 he gave Goldberg and Sternberg Parchim town charter . In 1249 the Parchimer Neustadt was founded on the western bank of the Elde. In 1248 Pribislaw moved the residence from Parchim to the newly built Richenberg Castle on the Warnow near the village of Kritzow . Since then, the rule was also called Parchim-Richenberg. The reasons for the move are unknown.
After disputes with the Schwerin bishop Rudolf Pribislaw was captured and handed over to the bishop. Pribislaw was ousted in 1255 and the principality was divided between his brothers and his brother-in-law, the Count of Schwerin. Pribislaw went into exile in Pomerania and received the rule of Belgard in Western Pomerania as compensation .