Welf Duke Henry the Lion advances German…

1173 CE

Welf Duke Henry the Lion advances German colonization into Holstein, Lauenburg, and Mecklenburg, and aids Lübeck’s rise as a commercial force in the Baltic.

Construction begins in 1173 on the city’s Romanesque cathedral, sponsored by Henry as a cathedral for the Bishop of Lübeck.

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Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein Germany View →

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Henry the Lion View →

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Germans View → Saxony, Duchy of View → Holy Roman Empire View → Christians, Roman Catholic View →

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Ostsiedlung (German: Settlement in the East), a.k.a. German eastward expansion View → Western Architecture: 1108 to 1252 View → Renaissance of the Twelfth Century View →

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Commerce View → Architecture View → Faith View → Government View → Movements View →

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