Nordmark
The Nordmark was a margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 965 to 983 between the Elbe and Oder . It essentially comprised the area of the later Mark Brandenburg .
From 995 to 1130, the title of Margrave of the Nordmark was awarded, but there was no longer any real basis for rule.
area
The Nordmark bordered until 983 in the north (with "flowing borders") on the Billunger mark , in the east on the Duchy of Poland , in the south on the Mark Lausitz and in the west on the tribal duchy of Saxony .
history
Ostmark 936-965
In 928/29 King Heinrich I conquered Brandenburg Castle and subjugated the surrounding area to the East Franconian Empire. In 936, under King Otto I, the Saxon Ostmark was established in the areas east of the Elbe and Saale . Gero became margrave .
Nordmark 965-983
After his death in 965, the Ostmark was split up and five smaller brands were created, including the Nordmark . Dietrich von Haldensleben became the first margrave.
Slavic area 983–1150
After the Slavic Uprising of 983 , the area came completely under Slavic rule. The title of margrave was further conferred by the German kings, first to the Counts of Walbeck, then to his descendants. Probably no margrave set foot in the area east of the Elbe until around 1100. In 1109 Udo IV briefly penetrated to Brandenburg. During this time, small areas east of the Elbe (Elb-Havel-Winkel) seem to have come under German rule again. However, no document or narrative source from this time indicates a real exercise of rule by a margrave in this area.
Mark Brandenburg
In 1150 Albrecht the Bear conquered Brandenburg Castle for the first time. He thus laid the foundation for the emergence of the Mark Brandenburg in the area of what was then Nordmark. Other parts initially went to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg , the Margraviate of Lausitz and the Duchy of Pomerania , but were later largely incorporated into the Margraviate of Brandenburg through his descendants.
literature
- Lieselott Enders : Altmark, Nordmark and the Elbe. Become a historical region. In: Aedificatio terrae: Contributions to the environmental and settlement archeology of Central Europe. Festschrift for Eike Gringmuth-Dallmer on the occasion of his 65th birthday , ed. by Gerson H. Jeute, 2007
- Johannes Schultze : Nordmark and Altmark. 1957 (reprinted in: Research on Brandenburg and Prussian History. 1964).
- Lutz Partenheimer : The emergence of the Mark Brandenburg. With a Latin-German source attachment. 1st and 2nd edition, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2007
