Kessinians

The Kessin, also Chizziner ( " fisherman's hut dwellers " ) were originally a part abodritischer strain to Güstrow and Biitzow one hand, and on the Unterwarnow around the Baltic Sea trading center Rostock- Dierkow moved the other hand, in the eastern Mecklenburg.

The name of the Kessin is first mentioned in 1056 when Adam of Bremen. Nevertheless, the Kessin will have already connected the Lutizenbund end of the 10th century. After fighting with the Redariern in the so -called " Lutizischen fratricidal war " in 1156, they were again incorporated under the abodritischen Samtherrscher Gottschalk in the realm of Abodrites and were this tribute. The main castle of the tribe could have been the castle Kessin.

Again and again showed the Kessin particularistic aspirations. 1114 attracted the Abodrites under Henry of Alt -Lübeck together with the Saxons against the Kessin under Prince Dunar, 1121 against Prince Sventipolk. The castle was conquered Kessin. After that was from 1131 until his death in 1160 abodritische Prince Niklot ruler of Kessin. Again, this had the Kessin 1150 force by military means in the dominion.

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  • Abodrites
  • Historical European ethnicity
  • Mecklenburg history
  • Slavic ethnic group
Obotrites Gottschalk (Obotrite prince)
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