Sternberg (Mecklenburg)

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Sternberg is a town in the Parchim district of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

[edit] History

A recent excavation of a Slavic settlement from the 9th or 10th Century demonstrates that this area has been inhabited for at least the last millennium. In 1248, Prince Pribislaw von Parchim-Richenberg granted cityhood to the Sternberg settlement. Ownership was transferred to the Prince of Mecklenburg in fiefdom of the Principality of Saxony. Sternberg became the favorite residence of Heinrich the Lion in 1310. In 1492, 27 Jews were burned on the Judenberg after being charged with Eucharistic Sacriledge - a fictitious crime used in Jewish pogroms throughout medieval and renaissance Europe. On June 20, 1549, the Reformation was introduced in Mecklenburg as a result of a special council (Landtag) on the Sagsdorfer Bridge in Sternberg. In 1628, during the Thirty Years' War Albrecht von Wallenstein held council here.