Conventional Long Name: | Principality of Gützkow |
Native Name: | Fürstentum Gützkow (German) Księstwo choćkowskie (Polish) |
Common Name: | Gützkow |
Era: | Middle Ages |
Life Span: | until c. 1128 |
P1: | Lutici |
S1: | Duchy of Pomerania |
Flag S1: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
Border S1: | no |
Year End: | c. 1128 |
Event End: | Conquest by Duchy of Pomerania |
Religion: | Slavic paganism |
Capital: | Gützkow |
Leader1: | Mitzlaw of Gützkow |
Year Leader1: | ?–c. 1128 |
Title Leader: | Princeps |
Principality of Gützkow was an independent principality in Western Pomerania that existed in the Middle Ages until c. 1128. It was inhabited by the Lutici tribe and was centred around its capital, Gützkow. Around 1128, it was conquered by the Duchy of Pomerania and reorganised into Castellany of Gützkow. The sources written by Otto mention princeps Mitzlaw of Gützkow to be the ruler of the state around 1128.
Until the 12th century, the burgh of Gützkow was a center of the principality inhabited by the Lutici tribe. By the time when Otto of Bamberg had converted the area into Christianity, the state was already conquered by the Duchy of Pomerania and reorganized into Castellany of Gützkow.