Northern March

The Nordmark is a historical Margraviate of the Middle Ages, the - emerged from the Saxon Ostmark - 965-1157 existed.

The Nordmark was between the Elbe and the Oder and mainly included the area of ​​the later Mark Brandenburg; they bordered in the north to 983 ( with " fluid boundaries " ) to the marrow of the Bill Unger, in the east to 983 to the Duchy of Poland, to the south - resulting also from the Saxon Ostmark - Mark Lausitz and to the west by the root area of the Saxon feudal lords, tribal duchy of Saxony.

History

Western parts of the resulting in 965 Nordmark came after the successful Frankish military campaigns against the Saxons in 808 in the sphere of influence of the Frankish Empire. In the early 10th century included parts of the Nordmark to the Saxon bishoprics Verden and Halberstadt, who were part of the Ostfrankenreiches itself. Then, until the beginning of the century established bishoprics of Brandenburg were destroyed in the year 928 and Havel mountain in 948 of the Slavs. The following so-called first phase of the German - Saxon Ostsiedlung King Henry I conquered in the years 928/929 the area of ​​today's state of Brandenburg; the Slavic tribes almost to the Oder were subjected.

Under King Otto I followed the establishment of the Saxon Ostmark 936. After the death of Margrave Gero I in the year 965 the Saxon Ostmark was divided into five smaller brands, including the Nordmark.

After the Slavic uprising of 983 Nordmark shrunk to a relatively small area in the southwest; for around 150 years, until the collapse of the Lutizenbundes mid-11th century, the German Ostsiedlung came to a halt. Even without concrete dominion over the greater part of the Nordmark the title of Margrave of Nordmark but was further awarded throughout. Under Albert the Bear of the family of Ascanians originated from large parts of the Nordmark in 1157 the Mark of Brandenburg; other parts came to the Duchy of Pomerania ( " Pomerania" ) and to the archbishopric of Magdeburg.