Cammin Bishopric
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Was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
Establishment
January 1181: Establishment of the Cammin Bishopric.
Chronology
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Was the invasion of northern Germany by king Canute VI of Denmark caused by disagreement with Adolf III, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein, over the possession of the island of Rügen.
January 1215: Valdemar of Denmark reached the zenith of his power around 1220, when he conquered Pomerania (1214).
July 1227: Battle of Bornhöved: Count Adolf IV of Schauenburg and Holstein defeated King Valdemar II of Denmark. As a result, the Danish border with the Holy Roman Empire was moved north from the Elbe river to the Eider River, the southern border of the Duchy of Schleswig.
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.
2.1.Mongol Invasions of Germany
Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.
2.1.1.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.
January 1249: In 1248, the duke of Pomerania transferred part of his land, which also included the Schivelbein area, to Bishop Hermann von Cammin. At the same time, the Brandenburg margraves tried to expand the Neumark, which they ruled, to the north. So it came about that twenty years later the Bishop of Cammin sold the Schivelbein area to the people of Brandenburg.
January 1269: In 1248, the duke of Pomerania transferred part of his land, which also included the Schivelbein area, to Bishop Hermann von Cammin. At the same time, the Brandenburg margraves tried to expand the Neumark, which they ruled, to the north. So it came about that twenty years later the Bishop of Cammin sold the Schivelbein area to the people of Brandenburg.
Disestablishment
January 1545: The Cammin Bishopric becomes a Pomeranian fief.
Selected Sources
Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67
