Cluster merseburg

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this nation you can find it here: All Statistics

The Nation includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Establishment

  • January 966: On Gero's death in 965 the Marca Geronis was divided into five (sometimes counted as six) different marches: the Nordmark, the Ostmark, Meissen, Zeitz, and Merseburg.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

1.1. Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

1.1.1. First Mongol Invasion of Germany

Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

  • May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.
  • June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 983: The Margraviate of Meissen acquired the territories of Merseburg and Zeitz.
  • January 1005: Establishment of the Merseburg Prince-Bishopric.

Disestablishment

  • January 1566: The Merseburg Prince-Bishopric is acquired by the Electorate of Saxony (Albertines).

Selected Sources

  • Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67