Schwerin is surrounded by many picturesque lakes.…
1167 CE
Schwerin is surrounded by many picturesque lakes.
The largest of these lakes, the Schweriner See, has an area of sixty square kilometrs.
A settlement of the Slavic Obotrite in the middle of these lakes dates back to the eleventh century.
The area is called Zuarin (Zwierzyn), and the name Schwerin is derived from that designation.
In 1160, Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, had defeated the Obotrites and captured Schwerin.
The town is subsequently expanded into a powerful regional center, and is made a bishopric in 1167.
People
Groups
Regions
Central Europe
View →Subregions
