Pommern-Barth
The Duchy of Pommern-Barth emerged from the western mainland holdings of the former Principality of Rügen . While the extension of the rule in the west as far as the Recknitz and in the south as far as the Trebel , the actual ducal possessions mainly comprised the area of today's city of Barth and its closest surrounding area. Other parts belonged to the Neuenkamp monastery and the Hanseatic city of Stralsund .
history
After the death of the last Prince Wizlaw III. of Rügen in 1325, the Pomeranian Duke Wartislaw IV , Wizlaw's nephew, was enfeoffed by the Danish king with the Principality of Rügen in accordance with the inheritance contract of 1321. Wartislaw died in 1326, however, and left three sons who were not of age. Thereupon Heinrich II. Of Mecklenburg, who also made claims of ownership, occupied the Rügen lands of Barth, Grimmen and Loitz . It came to the First War of the Rügen Succession . In the peace treaty of Brudersdorf on June 27, 1328, the Mecklenburg resident waived the Principality of Rügen in exchange for compensation, but kept Barth, Grimmen and Tribsees as pledge. When the sons of Wartislaw IV were unable to redeem the pledged land for 12 years, the Second War of the Rügen Succession began , which ended with the Peace of Stralsund in 1354. The land of Barth came to the Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast.
After the death of Wartislaw IV's son Barnim IV. In 1365, Pommern-Wolgast was divided into the eastern Duchy of Pommern-Stolp (from the Swine to the Leba River ) and the western duchies of Barth and Wolgast until 1372 . Wartislaw VI. became the first Duke of Barth, who after the death of his brother Bogislaw VI. the rest of Pomerania-Wolgast also fell. Wartislaw VI. Sons ruled the entire Pomerania-Wolgast together. After the death of Wartislaw VIII. In 1415 the estate was divided again, the Duchy of Barth went to Barnim VIII. , Who after the death of his brother Swantibors IV. In 1440 also belonged to Rügen. When Barnim VIII died childless in 1451, Barth was under Wartislaw IX. reunited with Pommern-Wolgast. After his death, Pommern-Wolgast was further divided among his sons. Wartislaw X. ruled the duchy from 1457 to 1478. There is no evidence of any further independence of the Duchy of Barth.
From 1569 to 1605, however, apart from the recurring sporadic stays of the reigning dukes, Barth served as the permanent residence of the non-reigning Duke Bogislaw XIII. In the Jasenitz inheritance contract, he was assigned the Barth office and the property of the secularized Neuenkamp monastery as appanage. He initially retained both after taking over the government in Stettin in 1603 and only renounced it in 1605 in favor of his nephew Philipp Julius, who ruled in Wolgast . However, he had to reimburse him a considerable sum for the construction work on the castles in Barth and Neuenkamp, which Bogislaw had renamed Franzburg in honor of his father-in-law, Duke Franz von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, as well as other expenses. After the death of Philipp Julius, Barther Castle was briefly the widow's seat for his widow Agnes von Brandenburg until she married Duke Franz Karl von Sachsen-Lauenburg in 1628 . During the Thirty Years War, Barth Palace and Office, like all other former ducal estates, were confiscated by the Swedish crown in 1638 and given to the military and civil servants. Barth went to Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson .
literature
- Oliver Auge: The Pomeranian Griffins as princes of Rügen and dukes of Barth . In: Melanie Ehler, Matthias Müller (ed.): Under princely regiment. Barth as the residence of the Pomeranian dukes. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-936872-55-4 , pp. 13-30.
- Hans Branig : History of Pomerania . Part 1: From the emergence of the modern state to the loss of state independence 1300–1648 . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne et al. 1997, ISBN 3-412-07189-7 .
- Häckermann: Barnim VI. (VIII.) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 77-79.
- Horst-Diether Schroeder: The First War of the Rügen Succession - Causes, Course and Results . In: Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Contributions to the history of Western Pomerania. The Demminer Kolloquien 1985-1994. Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 1997, ISBN 3-931185-11-7 , pp. 129-140.
- Joachim Wächter : The Principality of Rügen - An overview. In: Haik Thomas Porada (ed.): Contributions to the history of Western Pomerania. The Demminer Colloquia 1985–1994. Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 1997, ISBN 3-931185-11-7 , pp. 299-313.