Zamzizi
The Zamzizi (also Zamcici ) were a tribe of the Wends ( Elbe Slavs ) in the Middle Ages . They settled in the Ruppiner Land in the north-west of Brandenburg . Whether the Zamzizi were identical to the Zemzizi (also Zemcici ) tribe is disputed (Slavic "zem", "zemlja", "země" = "land" or "soil"). The Ruppiner Land was only sparsely populated since the 1st century. Slavic tribes from the east probably immigrated to the area from the 6th century . A document from the year 948 shows that the Zamzizi inhabited the Ruppiner Land. The focus of their settlement was the Ruppiner Seenkette ( Tornowsee , Zermützelsee , Ruppiner See , Bützsee and others).
The Zamzizi were a part of the Lutizen League . The settlement area of the Zamzizi bordered that of the Rechans in the east and that of the Dossans in the west . In the north, the Lietze forest separated their settlement area from that of the Redarians . In the south, the Zootzen forest separated their settlement area from that of the Heveller . The Zamzizi were probably loosely connected to the Hevellers and their sanctuary in Brandenburg .
Since the beginning of the 10th century at the latest, the political center of the Zamzizi was probably a princely castle on the island of Poggenwerder in the Ruppiner See: the Slavic castle Ruppin . On the opposite bank there was a town-like settlement at the site of Alt Ruppin . Another cult center of the Zamzizi was probably the Altfriesack castle wall on the Bützsee. The figure of a Slavic stake god ("Altfriesacker Götze") made of carved oak was found near it . Another castle wall in the settlement area was the Treskow castle wall on the west bank of the Ruppiner See. In the second half of the 12th century, the Ruppiner Land came under German rule. As a result, the eastern German settlement began in the area . Around 1214, the Ruppin rule was established in the area .
literature
- Institute for Geography and Geoecology of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Ed.): Ruppiner Land. Results of the local history inventory in the areas of Zühlen, Dierberg, Neuruppin and Lindow (= values of our homeland . Volume 37 ). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1981, DNB 820301612 , p. 15-16 .
- Geographical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Hrsg.): The Rheinsberg-Fürstenberger Seengebiet. Results of the local history inventory in the areas of Zechlin, Rheinsberg, Fürstenberg and Himmelpfort (= values of our homeland . Volume 25 ). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1974, DNB 750097159 , p. 19-21 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruppin. In: Gerd Heinrich (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 10: Berlin and Brandenburg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 311). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-520-31102-X .