Treaty of Eger
The Eger Treaty , also known as the main settlement of Eger , was concluded on April 25, 1459 in Eger ( Eger Imperial Pledge ). The treaty established the border between the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Electorate of Saxony at the level of the Ore Mountains and the middle of the Elbe . The forerunner was the one on November 15, 1372 at Sonnenstein Castle by Emperor Charles IV with the Margraves Friedrich III. , Balthasar and William I closed Treaty of Pirna . Most of this border is still valid today and is one of the oldest still existing borders in Europe .
Subject of the contract
At that time, Elector Friedrich and Duke Wilhelm of Saxony and the King of Bohemia Georg von Podiebrad agreed that cities, castles, markets and villages that were in the crown area of Bohemia on this side of the forest ( Brüx , Riesenburg Castle and Dux together with all spiritual and secular teams , all pensions, interest, duties etc.) belonged to Bohemia, whereas the estates and castles on the other side of the forest in Thuringia , in Vogtland and in Meißen were to remain with the Saxon dukes. With this contract, the border disputes that arose were forever resolved. However, some places and lordships north of the Ore Mountains and in the Vogtland were still fiefs of the Bohemian Crown.
The treaty was sealed on November 11, 1459 with the marriage of Sidonie of Bohemia , the daughter of George of Podiebrad, with the son of Prince Elector Friedrich of Saxony, Albrecht the Courageous .
change
Was made the only significant change in the fixed limits with this contract in 1546, when Duke Moritz and King Ferdinand after the Schmalkaldic War , the Barony of Schwarzenberg divided as war booty.
literature
- Erich Berlet : The Saxon-Bohemian border in the Ore Mountains . Oldecop's heirs (Stockmar), Oschatz 1900 ( digitized version )
- Sven Rabeler, Alexandra Kursawe and Claudia Ulrich (editors): Letters from Duchess Sidonia of Saxony (1449–1510) to her son Georg (1471–1539) , communications from the Residences Commission of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, special issue 11, Kiel 2009 , ISSN 1617-7312
- Richard Schmidt: The border between the color line and the solar vortex - a witness of significant Upper Ore Mountains local history . In: Gebirgsvereinsverband Sudetenland-West (Hrsg.): Erzgebirgs-Zeitung . Monthly for folklore and local history, hiking care and tourism . 11th and 12th issue of the 63rd year. Teplitz-Schönau December 1942, p. 81-87 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Cross-border project between the Czech Republic and Germany on the Eger border treaty ( Memento from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Historical boundary stone on the Saxon-Bohemian border ( memento from January 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (see also: Dreiherrenstein near Oberwiesenthal )