Battle of the Schoppendamm
| date | October 25, 1351 |
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| place | at Loitz |
| output | Defeat of the Mecklenburgers |
| Parties to the conflict | |
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| Commander | |
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Knight Klaus Hahn |
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| Troop strength | |
| unknown | unknown |
| losses | |
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unknown |
unknown |
The battle on Schoppendamm took place near Loitz during the Second War of the Rügen Succession in 1351 .
Prehistory and course
After the negotiations and armed conflicts had dragged on since 1340, the deadline for the obligations from the Brudersdorf Peace of 1328 because of Rügen between Mecklenburg and Pomerania, the Danish king was used as a mediator - in vain. Now the guns have to say the last word. The 2nd War of Succession between Mecklenburg and Pomerania began in 1351 because of the Rügen inheritance. The Mecklenburgers moved against Loitz.
Count Johann V. von Gützkow married on October 25, 1351. a. the Behre , the Horn and the Austine . The dukes and their wives are also present at the wedding ceremony in Greifswald. Count Johann V married the Baroness Gesa von Putbus , a daughter of Stoislaw III. from Putbus.
During the celebration, Duke Barnim IV of Pommern-Wolgast called his followers to fight. The Mecklenburgers want to establish themselves in Loitz in the Schoppenburg, an old fortification from 1326. The Pomeranian army, which was quickly assembled, was able to provide the Mecklenburgers immediately. At the head of Duke Barnim III's relief force. Count Johann V. von Gützkow of Pomerania-Stettin pursued the fleeing, almost defeated Mecklenburg residents on the Schoppendamm in front of Loitz, but dashed too far forward, was surrounded and killed. The body of Count Johann IV. Was picked up at the border of the county , the place is still visible today with a stone ring (one side of the road). Count Johann V. von Gützkow was buried in the Gray Monastery in Greifswald. The widow Gesa then went to the monastery in Bergen.
The poem "Pommernreue" was dedicated to this battle death.
Klaus Hahn, the field captain of Duke Albrecht von Mecklenburg , was wounded in the battle and then captured. By Duke Barnim III. The Mecklenburgers were defeated by Pomerania-Stettin.
As a result, the Peace of Stralsund came in 1354.
The Schoppenmühle can still be found north of Loitz in the Schwinge district, next to it the dam (old Gützkow - Loitz route).
See also
literature
- Werner Buchholz : German history in Eastern Europe, Pomerania . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1999, p. 115 ff. ISBN 3-88680-272-8