Vineta (sometimes Wineta ) is the name of a legendary city at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea . The legend evolved around traditions about the Medieval emporium called Jumne, Jomsborg , Julin or similar names by the chronicles, and with which Vineta is sometimes identified.
34-520: There are several Vineta legends. All of them portray the Vinetans as having an excessive, voluptuous or blasphemous way of life and then being punished in a flood that took the city to the bottom of the Baltic. In some variants of the myth, the city or parts thereof reappear on certain days or can be seen from a boat, making the warning conveyed by the myth more tangible for the audience. Some variants of
68-612: A colorful nom de guerre . Störtebeker entered public consciousness around 1398, after the expulsion of the Victual Brothers from the Baltic Sea island of Gotland , where they had set up a stronghold and headquarters in the town of Visby . During the following years, Störtebeker and some of his fellow captains (the most famous of whom were Gödeke Michels , Hennig Wichmann and Magister Wigbold ) captured Hanseatic ships, irrespective of their origin. Störtebeker had
102-474: A large rock, measuring 1,800 ft (550 m) in length and 600 ft (180 m) in width. It is aligned in an east–west direction and is demarcated by a white spar buoy, marked "Koserow Steingrund N.". Until 2005 Koserow was the administrative seat of the sub-district ( Amt ) of Usedom-Mitte. Today it is managed by the Amt of Usedom-Süd which is based in the town of Usedom . The mayor ( Bürgermeister )
136-604: A main road, the Bundesstraße 111 . It can be reached with the Usedom island railway . It is also served by the Ducherow-Heringsdorf-Wolgast ferry. There are regular flights to nearby Heringsdorf Airport on Usedom. [REDACTED] Media related to Koserow at Wikimedia Commons Klaus St%C3%B6rtebeker "Nikolaus" Storzenbecher or "Klaus" Störtebeker (1360 – supposed 20 October 1401)
170-673: A possibly different course of the Oder in the Middle Ages and a creative reading of the primary sources outlined above. Koserow Koserow is a municipality on Usedom Island , in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany . A small coastal bathing resort, Koserow lies on an isthmus on the island of Usedom on the Baltic Sea , near the border with Poland . It
204-463: A resort was slow due to its poor communications, but it took off once the railway reached the island of Usedom in the early 1900s and a network of metal roads was built. Lidos were established for men, women and families and a pier was built. During World War II , the pier was destroyed during an icy winter. Since 1993, the community has once again had a new pier. Koserow first received a railway connection on 1 June 1911. The town began to flourish as
238-484: A seaside resort after the construction of the Prussian Northern Railway . Koserow is located at the narrowest point of the isthmus between Nord and Südusedom directly on the B 111, amidst a scenic region between the Baltic Sea and the backwaters. The village is on the slopes of Streckelsberg (about 60 metres (200 ft) above sea level). It is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of
272-786: A stronghold in Marienhafe , East Frisia , dating from about 1396. He married a daughter of the East Frisian chieftain Keno ten Broke (c. 1310–1376). A tower bearing his name ( Störtebekerturm ) still exists at the Evangelical Lutheran Marienkirche in Marienhafe. According to legend, in 1401, a Hamburgian fleet led by Simon of Utrecht caught up with Störtebeker's force near Heligoland . According to some stories, Störtebeker's ship had been disabled by
306-572: A tentative reconstruction of Störtebeker's appearance has been made using a skull alleged to be his. This skull, displayed at the Museum for Hamburg History since 1922, was stolen in January 2010 and found by the police in March 2011. Störtebeker is mentioned in several Apothecer Melchior books by Estonian writer Indrek Hargla . Stortebeker is the name of the leader of the youth gang The Dusters in
340-422: A traitor who cast molten lead into the links of the chain which controlled the ship's rudder. Störtebeker and his crew were captured and brought to Hamburg, where they were tried for piracy. Legend says that Störtebeker offered a chain of gold long enough to enclose the whole of Hamburg in exchange for his life and freedom. However, Störtebeker and all of his 73 companions were sentenced to death and were beheaded on
374-413: Is Herr René König. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany operates a station at Koserow. Koserow has a logo but no official coat-of-arms. Koserow is one of four Amber Spas towns, along with Zempin , Loddin , and Ückeritz . All are located at the narrowest part of the island. They share a 12 km long fine sandy beach called Amber Beach . The overall continuous beach area of
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#1732775675167408-419: Is a museum open from May to September. Koserow Pier juts out 261 metres (856 ft) into the sea near the salt huts and is a good place to enjoy the views and the seaside atmosphere. Excursion boats call at its landing stage. The Streckelsberg (60 metres (200 ft)) is a steep coastal bluff and the highest elevation on the coast of Usedom. It offers wonderful views over the sea and, in clear weather,
442-475: Is located within the Usedom Nature Park and is one of the four so-called Amber Spas on the island, connected by a 12 km long fine sandy beach called Amber Beach . The other three amber spas are Loddin , Ückeritz and Zempin . As of 2013, Koserow had a population of 1,656. Koserow was first mentioned in the records in 1347 as Cuzerowe (Slavic for "goat" or "blackbird") and is one of
476-532: Is the medieval winged altar , richly decorated with carved figures. It is the last, complete, surviving one of its kind on the island of Usedom. The unusually large crucifix, which was rescued from the sea by fishermen, has been christened by locals as the Vineta Cross . It dates to the 15th century and was made in Scandinavia. The German theologian, Wilhelm Meinhold was appointed minister at Koserow in
510-442: Is the only medieval church on Usedom's Baltic coast and has several interesting architectural features. The original stonework of the 13th-century building can still be seen in the centre section of the north wall with small early Gothic window openings and the plain triple-stepped arch of the old entrance. Expanded in the 15th century with a tower and sanctuary, it also has elements of High Gothic architecture. One particular treasure
544-585: The Baltic Usedom Island is 42 km, making it the longest sandy beach in all of Europe . In 1993, Koserow was recognised as a "nationally certified resort". As a seaside resort, it offers a variety of recreational activities including swimming, sailing, surfing, walking and cycling. The Village Church ( Dorfkirche ) stands almost hidden behind chestnut trees and surrounded by a wall of glacial erratic boulders in Fischerstraße . It
578-483: The Grasbrook . The most famous legend of Störtebeker relates to the execution itself. Störtebeker is said to have asked the mayor of Hamburg to release as many of his companions as he could walk past after being beheaded. Following the granting of this request and the subsequent beheading, Störtebeker's body arose and walked past eleven of his men before the executioner tripped him with an outstretched foot. Nevertheless,
612-475: The Peene river near the village of Damerow [ de ] " which was a Vorwerk of Koserow. For Chyträus, Usedom was the land of the Vinetans, while Julin on the neighboring island of Wolin was inhabited by Pomoranians. Since no traces of Slavic settlement have been found on northwest Usedom, this thesis is no longer accepted. Several maps published between 1633 and 1700 have the sunken "Wineta" east of
646-581: The caves of Streckelsberg . The village was sacked during the Thirty Years War and the church bell taken. After the Treaty of Stockholm on 1 February 1720, the island of Usedom and Koserow fell into Prussian possession. After the administrative reform in 1815, Koserow became part to the Prussian province of Pomerania and from 1818 to 1945 was part of the district of Usedom-Wollin. In 1820,
680-503: The early 1820s. The Nature Park is located at the end of Hauptstraße . The Koserow Salt Huts are timber-framed and were built around 1820. They were used as storage for rock salt and for salting and packing the herring caught by local fishermen into large wooden barrels. The salted fish was a staple diet for the poor villagers during the winter months. Destroyed in the storm surges of 1872 and 1874, they were rebuilt around 1900. The remaining 15 huts are protected and, today, one of them
714-455: The eleven men were executed along with the others. The senate of Hamburg asked the executioner if he was not tired after all this, but he replied he could easily execute the whole of the senate as well. For this, he himself was sentenced to death and executed by the youngest member of the senate. According to other legends, when Störtebeker's ship was found, the masts contained a core of gold (one of gold, one of silver, and one of copper). This
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#1732775675167748-401: The first salt huts were built to preserve the fish caught. Koserow at that time was one of the poorest communities on Usedom. Seaside tourists first began to arrive on foot, by coach or by sailing boat in 1846. Several storm floods hit the area in 1872 and 1874, worsening the economic situation. For centuries, the economy of the village had been based on fishing and agriculture. Its growth as
782-471: The hills of Mönchgut on the island of Rügen can be seen. To the northwest can be seen the island of Oie, recognisable at dusk by the lights of its lighthouse. To the southwest is the neighbouring island of Wolin . Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold (1797 – 1851) was a Pomeranian priest and author. After his theological education, he was priest in Koserow on Usedom from 1821 until 1827. Koserow is connected with
816-546: The island of Ruden northwest of Usedom . About 1700, Bernhard Walther Marperger [ de ] reported it in the same spot. The origin of this thesis is the All Saints flood of 1306 that reduced Ruden and other small islands from a much larger landmass that prior to the flood had existed between Mönchgut and Usedom. Rudolf Virchow said: "Vineta is Wollin!" Based on the primary sources outlined above, Adolf Hofmeister [ de ] in 1931/32 formulated
850-490: The myth have Vineta sunken off Koserow (on the isle of Usedom ). The historian Wilhelm Ferdinand Gadebusch from Swinemünde (Świnoujście) made this and other observations the basis for his thesis of Vineta's location. According to Gadebusch, Wolin did not have the deep water port that Vineta must have had, and thus discarded the Wolin thesis (see below). David Chyträus in his 16th century Chronicon Saxoniae had Vineta "beyond
884-579: The novel The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass . The character of Klaus Störtebeker has appeared in various recent publications including Die Vitalienbrüder: Ein Störtebeker Roman . a German language novel by Willi Bredel (Hinstorff Verlag, 1996, ISBN 978-3-356-00658-2 ) Störtebeker was portrayed on television by Ken Duken in Störtebeker , a 2006 miniseries. He was also the subject of
918-409: The oldest settlements of Wendish origin on the island of Usedom. Koserow church is even older - already in existence by the end of the 13th century; it was built of field stones, has many treasures and is reportedly the oldest church on Usedom's Baltic Sea coast. The history of the village is steeped in legend and even the dreaded pirate, Klaus Störtebeker , reputedly found a secret hiding place in
952-413: The seaside resort of Ahlbeck and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Zinnowitz . The Koserow shoal lies offshore at a depth of at least 1.75 fathoms. It is about 1 mile N.N.E. of Streckelsberg. Depths of 3.5 to 4.75 fathoms separate the Koserow and Vineta shoals. It is demarcated by a white beacon buoy marked "Koserowbank O." off the shoal's eastern side. Another offshore feature is Koserow Steingrund,
986-456: The story that Störtebeker was sentenced to death with 70 other privateers is at least misleading; at minimum, he certainly was buried with 30 other men. The year 1400 also excludes the involvement of Simon of Utrecht and the ship Bunte Kuh [ de ] ("Colorful Cow"), since the records show the ship was not completed until 1401. In fact, the Hanseatic fleet that attacked Störtebeker
1020-506: The thesis that Vineta, Jumne, Julin, Jomsborg etc. are all different spellings used for the same place on the site of today's town of Wolin. Beginning in the 1930s, and continued after the annexation of Wolin to Poland after World War II , archaeologists unearthed the remains of a large settlement there. Hofmeister's thesis is the only mainstream thesis regarding the location of Vineta in today's historiography. A thesis formulated by Goldmann und Wermusch placed Vineta near Barth , pointing to
1054-533: Was commanded by Hermann Langhe (also Lange) and Nikolaus Schoke (Nicoalus Schocke), who set sail for Heligoland in August 1400, and the course of the battle is not described by any reliable sources. No authentic portrait of Störtebeker is known. An etching made by Fifteenth century German artist Daniel Hopfer , often erroneously identified as a portrait of Klaus Störtebeker, is actually of Kunz von der Rosen (1470–1519), court jester of Emperor Maximilian I . However,
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1088-471: Was not called "Klaus" but "Johann". A large number of myths and legends surround the few facts known about Störtebeker's life. His name is both a nickname and a surname, meaning "empty the mug with one gulp" in Low German . The moniker refers to the pirate's supposed ability to empty a four-litre (about 1 US gal) mug of beer in one gulp. At this time, pirates and other fugitives from the law often adopted
1122-643: Was reputed to be leader of a group of privateers known as the Victual Brothers ( German : Vitalienbrüder ). The Victual Brothers ( Latin : victualia ) were originally hired during a war between Denmark and Sweden to fight the Danish and supply the besieged Swedish capital Stockholm with provisions. After the end of the war, the Victual Brothers continued to capture merchant vessels for their own account and named themselves "Likedeelers" (literally: equal sharers). Recent studies manifest that Störtebeker
1156-456: Was used to create the tip of St. Catherine's church in Hamburg . His famous drinking cup was stored in the town hall of Hamburg, until it was destroyed in the great fire of 1842. Recent events have suggested it is more likely that Störtebeker and his crew died in 1400. A bill for digging graves for 30 Victual Brothers dated to this year survives in the Hamburg records. This would also suggest
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