Bishopric of Merseburg in the context of "Second Merseburg Charm"

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⭐ Core Definition: Bishopric of Merseburg

The Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral was constructed. The see was founded in 967 by Emperor Otto I at the same time in the same manner as those of Meissen and Zeitz (from 1029: Naumburg), all suffragan dioceses of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg as part of a plan to bind the adjacent Slavic ("Wendish") lands in the Saxon Eastern March beyond the Saale River more closely to the Holy Roman Empire.

The prince-bishopric was re-established by King Henry II of Germany in 1004. It then covered a considerable small territory stretching from the Saale up to the Mulde River and the Margraviate of Meissen in the east.

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👉 Bishopric of Merseburg in the context of Second Merseburg Charm

The Merseburg charms, Merseburg spells, or Merseburg incantations (German: Merseburger Zaubersprüche) are two medieval magic spells, charms or incantations, written in Old High German. They are the only known examples of Germanic pagan belief preserved in the language. They were discovered in 1841 by Georg Waitz, who found them in a theological manuscript from Fulda, written in the 9th century, although there remains some speculation about the date of the charms themselves. The manuscript (Cod. 136 f. 85a) is stored in the library of the cathedral chapter of Merseburg, hence the name. The Merseburg charms have been the subject of notable study since their discovery.

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← Second Merseburg Charm ← Merseburg Incantations
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Episcopal see → Duchy of Saxony → Merseburg → Merseburg Cathedral → Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor → Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen → Zeitz → Naumburg → Archbishopric of Magdeburg → Polabian Slavs → Wends → Saxon Eastern March → Saale → Holy Roman Empire → Prince-bishop → Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor → Mulde → Margraviate of Meissen →