Polity Zossen Monastery

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Was an Abbey with Imperial immediacy in the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1139: The Zossen monastery, founded in 1137/1138, was able to expand its privileges and position within the order considerably in the late Middle Ages.

Chronology

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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.

Disestablishment

  • January 1376: In 1375 Zossen was listed in Charles IV's land book as belonging to the Mark Brandenburg.

Selected Sources

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