Reric

53°57′20″N 11°28′53″E / 53.95556°N 11.48139°E / 53.95556; 11.48139

Map of Reric as located near Strömkendorf

Reric or Rerik was one of the Viking Age multi-ethnic[1] Slavic-Scandinavian[2] emporia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea,[1] located near Wismar in the present-day German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[3] Reric was established probably in 735[4] shortly after Slavs of the Obodrite tribe had started to settle the region.[5] At the turn of the 9th century, the citizens of Reric allied with Charlemagne, who used the port as part of a strategic trade route[1] that would avoid areas of Saxon and Danish control.[6] It was destroyed in 808 AD by the Viking (danish) king Gudfred. The destroyed place was rebuilt by the Obodrites and continued to operate for a short until Drasco was murdered in Reric in 810 at the instigation of Gudfred. After that, the tradespeople were reportedly moved by the king to the Viking emporium of Hedeby (also Haithabu) near modern Schleswig.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Brather-514-515 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jürgen Happ, Reric, der verlorene Handelsplatz der Wikinger am südwestlichen Zipfel der Ostsee 2nd edition, Mensing, 2004, ISBN 3-87533-007-2
  3. ^ a b Ole Harck, Christian Lübke, Zwischen Reric und Bornhöved: Die Beziehungen zwischen den Dänen und ihren slawischen Nachbarn vom 9. Bis ins 13. Jahrhundert: Beiträge einer internationalen Konferenz, Leipzig, 4.-6. Dezember 1997, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001, p.25, ISBN 3-515-07671-9
  4. ^ Tummuscheit 2013: 107
  5. ^ Ole Harck, Christian Lübke, Zwischen Reric und Bornhöved: Die Beziehungen zwischen den Dänen und ihren slawischen Nachbarn vom 9. Bis ins 13. Jahrhundert: Beiträge einer internationalen Konferenz, Leipzig, 4.-6. Dezember 1997, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2001, pp.11,12, ISBN 3-515-07671-9
  6. ^ "Medieval Silver and Gold", by Richard Cowen

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