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Havelberg

Havelberg is a small town on the Havel near its junction with the Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Otto I founded a bishopric there around 948 to convert the Slavs, and it was restored after the Wendish Crusade of 1147; its Romanesque cathedral was consecrated in 1170. The see was secularised after the Reformation.

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Prince-Bishopric of Havelberg Northern March Archbishopric of Magdeburg Lutician Federation

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Havelberg. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/havelberg
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