Reric

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Reric was an early medieval Slavic-Danish trading center near Groß Strömkendorf near Wismar on the Baltic Sea coast of Mecklenburg , the exact location of which was unknown until the end of the 20th century.

Site plan of Reric based on excavation findings

history

The emporium Reric , i.e. the trading center Reric, is mentioned in the imperial annals for the year 808 in connection with a war between the Danish king Göttrik and the Obodrites . The Obodritic ruler Drasco had, with the help of the apostate Godelaib, subordinated the trading center, which was originally taxable to the Danish king, to his domain. Thereupon Göttrik landed with his fleet on the Baltic coast, destroyed Reric and the surrounding villages, killed the Godelaib, besieged an Obodritic castle and then returned to Haithabu with the merchants who had previously been based in Reric . The destroyed Reric was rebuilt by the Obodrites and initially continued to operate until Drasco was murdered in Reric in 810 at the instigation of Göttrik.

research

The location of the trading center of the 8th century could not be determined for a long time, so that the literature of the 1980s still grappled with the question of whether Lübeck or Mecklenburg were not identical with Reric. All that was known from the Reichsannals was that it was a trading post on the Baltic coast in the tribal area of ​​the Obodrites . The name (derived from reed bed ) indicated large reed areas , of which there were quite a few on the southern Baltic coast.

Since the excavations by the Research Center for Prehistory and Early History Schwerin (today State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) in the years 1989–1992 and the monographic processing by the excavator Frank Wietrzichowski , one on the Wismar Bay north of Wismar and west of Groß Strömkendorf examined and recognized as a supraregional important sea ​​trading center of the 8th and early 9th centuries, large early medieval settlement with burial ground identified with the emporium Reric with a high degree of certainty . Further excavations by the State Archeology with the University of Kiel in the mid to late 1990s have confirmed this interpretation. In addition to the finds, the location between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea , which was also significant for the development of the Haithabu, Liubice and Dankirke / Ribe trading centers, speaks for this . It is believed that Reric had around 100-200 permanent residents at its heyday.

Others

Reric is not to be confused with today's town of Rerik am Salzhaff, which got its name in conscious reference to Reric at a time (1938) when its location was still unknown.

literature

  • Ole Harck, Christian Lübke (Ed.): Between Reric and Bornhöved. Relations between the Danes and their Slavic neighbors from the 9th to the 13th centuries. Contributions to an international conference, Leipzig, 4. – 6. December 1997 (= research on the history and culture of Eastern Central Europe. 11). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-515-07671-9 . Digitized
  • Hauke ​​Jöns , Michael Müller-Wille : The Baltic Sea Trade. Shipping and flow of goods. In: Wilfried Menghin , Dieter Planck (Ed.): People, Times, Spaces. Archeology in Germany. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-88609-467-7 , pp. 346–351, (volume accompanying the exhibition Berlin and Bonn 2002–2003).
  • Michael Müller-Wille : Ribe - Reric - Haithabu. For early urbanization in the southern Scandinavian and western Slavic areas. In: Klaus Brandt, Michael Müller-Wille, Christian Radtke (eds.): Haithabu and the early urban development in northern Europe (= writings of the Archaeological State Museum. 8). Wachholtz, Neumünster 2002, ISBN 3-529-01812-0 , pp. 321–337 and 431–441.
  • Alexander Pöche: pearls, funnel glasses , tesserae. Traces of the glass trade and craftsmanship on the prehistoric trading center of Groß Strömkendorf, Northwest Mecklenburg district (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. 44 = research on Groß Strömkendorf. 2). State Archaeological Museum and State Office for Land Monument Preservation Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin 2005, ISBN 3-935770-07-3 .
  • Frank Wietrzichowski : Investigations into the beginnings of the early medieval sea trade in the southern Baltic Sea area with special consideration of the excavation results of Groß Strömkendorf (= Wismar studies on archeology and history. 3, ISSN  0945-3504 ). Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Wismar 1993, (at the same time: Halle, University, dissertation, 1993).
  • Frank Wietrzichowski: Investigations on an early medieval sea trading center of Gross Strömkendorf, Kr. Wismar. In: Information for the preservation of ground monuments in West Mecklenburg. 33, 1993, ISSN  0944-7571 , pp. 23-30, (First presentation and justification of the localization of Reric in Groß Strömkendorf).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Wietrzichowski: studies on the beginnings of the early medieval maritime trade in the Southern Baltic with special reference to excavation results of Gross Stroemkendorf. Wismar 1993, p. 45.
  2. ↑ Frank Wietrzichowski: studies on the beginnings of the early medieval maritime trade in the Southern Baltic with special reference to excavation results of Gross Stroemkendorf. Wismar 1993, pp. 14-48.
  3. ↑ Frank Wietrzichowski: Investigations on an early medieval sea trading center of Gross Strömkendorf, Kr. Wismar. In: Information for the preservation of ground monuments in West Mecklenburg. 33, 1993, pp. 23-30, here p. 28 f.

Coordinates: 53 ° 57 ′ 20 "  N , 11 ° 28 ′ 53"  E