Mrotsek

Count Mrotsek (also Mroczko ; † after 1263) was a Silesian nobleman who was the castellan of Crossen and Palatine in Opole .

Life

Mrotsek was referred to as Graf ( comes ) in several documents . He was the owner of the Grottkau estate in Silesia. Mrotsek was mentioned several times in documents in the wake of the Silesian dukes Heinrich I and II . In 1241 he was allowed by Bishop Heinrich von Lebus to appoint German settlers in Zielenzig . In 1244 Count Mrotsek sold his Zielenzig estate to the Knights Templar . In that year he was also mentioned as a castellan in Crossen .

In 1252 he was in Rützen near Wohlau and in 1263 voivode in Opole .

family

The cathedral provost Gerlach von Lebus was his brother.

literature

Christian Gahlbrck: Zielenzig (Sulęcin). Coming of the Knights Templar. In: Heinz-Dieter Heimann , Klaus Neitmann , Winfried Schich u. a. (Ed.): Brandenburg monastery book. Handbook of the monasteries, monasteries and the coming up to the middle of the 16th century (= Brandenburg historical studies, volume 14). Volume 2. Be.bra-Wissenschaft-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-937233-26-0 . Pp. 1338-1344, here p. 1338.

Remarks

^ Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück : History of the former Diocese of Lebus and the country of this taking. Volume 1. Berlin 1829 p. 67f. , here also a certificate for 1244.
↑ Winfried Irgang: (Arrangement): Schlesisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. 2: 1231-1250 . Böhlau, Vienna, Cologne, Graz 1977. p. 166 No. 276; P. 30 No. 27 with further references.
↑ Document from 1244 in Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück : History of the former diocese of Lebus and the country of this taking. Volume 1. Berlin 1829 p. 69 ,
on the replacement of Gerlach after 1250 cf. Christian Gahlbeck: The return to Lebus in 1354 . In: Klaus Neitmann , Heinz-Dieter Heimann (Hrsg.): Late medieval residences in the spiritual territories of Central and Northeast Germany (= Studies on Brandenburg and Comparative State History, Volume 2; = Publications of the Museum of Brandenburg Church and Cultural History of the Middle Ages, Volume 3 ). Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86732-016-0 . P. 306f.

personal data
SURNAME	Mrotsek
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mroczko; Mrochko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Silesian nobleman, castellan from Crossen and voivode from Opole
DATE OF BIRTH	12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH	after 1263

[1] Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück : History of the former Diocese of Lebus and the country of this taking. Volume 1. Berlin 1829 p. 67f. , here also a certificate for 1244.

[2] Winfried Irgang: (Arrangement): Schlesisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. 2: 1231-1250 . Böhlau, Vienna, Cologne, Graz 1977. p. 166 No. 276; P. 30 No. 27 with further references.

[3] Document from 1244 in Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück : History of the former diocese of Lebus and the country of this taking. Volume 1. Berlin 1829 p. 69 ,
on the replacement of Gerlach after 1250 cf. Christian Gahlbeck: The return to Lebus in 1354 . In: Klaus Neitmann , Heinz-Dieter Heimann (Hrsg.): Late medieval residences in the spiritual territories of Central and Northeast Germany (= Studies on Brandenburg and Comparative State History, Volume 2; = Publications of the Museum of Brandenburg Church and Cultural History of the Middle Ages, Volume 3 ). Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86732-016-0 . P. 306f.