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  Wulfstan of Hedeby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wulfstan of Hedeby (Latin Haithabu) was a late 9th century traveller and trader.
According to this account, Wulfstan undertook a journey by sea from Hedeby to the trading center of Truso around the year 880.
According to Baumann, Wulfstan learned the customs and ways of his hosts, and he fondly remembered the times living amongst the people.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wulfstan_of_Haithabu   (164 words)

  
 Hedeby. Who is Hedeby? What is Hedeby? Where is Hedeby? Definition of Hedeby. Meaning of Hedeby.
Hedeby (referred to also as Haithabu and latin Heidiba) was a settlement and trading center on the southern Baltic Sea coast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of a narrow, navigable inlet, the Schlei in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.
Haithabu was a Friesian settlement built around 770.
In the 9th century a second settlement developed north and at the Haithabu creek inbetween.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Hedeby   (308 words)

  
 Haithabu - Wikipedia
Haithabu war ein bedeutender Handelsplatz der Wikinger und wurde spätestens um etwa 770 erbaut.
Später wurde Haithabu ein Haupthandelsplatz wegen seiner günstigen Lage an Haupthandelswegen zwischen dem Fränkischen Reich und Skandinavien sowie zwischen Ostsee und Nordsee.
Waren aus der gesamten damals bekannten Welt wurden in Haithabu gehandelt: Norwegen, Schweden, Irland, Baltikum, Konstantinopel, Bagdad.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haithabu   (898 words)

  
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Embassies to Rome conveying the English alms to the Pope were fairly frequent; while Alfred's interest in foreign countries is shown by the insertions which he made in his translation of Orosius.
Around 890 Wulfstan of Haithabu undertook a journey from Haithabu on Jutland along the Baltic Sea to the Prussian trading town Truso.
Wulfstan reported details of his trip to Alfred the Great.
www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_the_great.html   (2915 words)

  
 Wulfstan
Wulfstan von Haithabu war ein Reisender und Händler im späten 9.
Nach diesem Bericht unternahm Wulfstan um das Jahr 880 herum eine Seereise von Haithabu (auch Hedeby genannt) entland der südlichen Ostseeküste bis zur Handelsniederlassung Truso.
Ein sympathisches Volk zwischen Weichsel und Memel, behauptet Karl Baumann, dass Wulfstan Truso nicht nur besucht habe, sondern auch dort sowie in Sambia gelebt habe.
www.weblexikon.de /Wulfstan.html   (159 words)

  
 Truso/Talk - Wikipedia
Haithabu was near the city of Schleswig in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Wulfstan von Haithabu,Jutland was a traveler who took a recorded journey across the Baltic Sea, where he visited the Old Prussian trading center of Truso near Elbing and Danzig, near the Vistula River.
Yes, the problem with Haithabu is fundamentally one of the runic transliteration into English.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Truso/Talk   (249 words)

  
 Haithabu - netlexikon
Haithabu (dänisch Hedeby, lateinisch Heidiba, heutiger deutscher Name Haddeby) war ein Handelsort und Hauptumschlagsplatz für den Handel mit Skandinavien und dem Baltikum, in Jütland am Isthmus zwischen Nordsee und Ostsee und dem historischen Ochsenweg an der Schlei im heutigen Deutschland gelegen.
Jahrhundert erreichte Haithabu seine Blütezeit und war mit seinen ca.
Die Einwohner zogen daraufhin nach Schleswig und bauten Haithabu nicht wieder auf.
www.lexikon-definition.de /Haithabu.html   (751 words)

  
 Haithabu
Haithabu (dänisch Hedeby, lateinisch Heidiba) war ein Handelsort und Hauptumschlagsplatz für den Handel mit Skandinavien und dem Baltikum, in Jütland zwischen Nordsee und Ostsee an der Schlei im heutigen Deutschland gelegen.
Jahrhundert war Haithabu mit nur etwa 1.000 Einwohnern der wichtigeste Handelplatz des Ostseeraumes.
Heute befindet sich dort das Haithabu Museum, Haithabu ist heute ein Stadtteil von Schleswig (Haddeby).
de.news-server.org /h/ha/haithabu.html   (349 words)

  
 Wulfstan de Hedeby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Wulfstan de Hedeby (Haithabu latino) era un últimos 9no viajero y comerciante del siglo.
Según esta cuenta, Wulfstan emprendió un viaje por el mar de Hedeby al centro que negociaba de Truso alrededor del año 880.
Según Baumann, Wulfstan aprendió los costumbres y las maneras sus anfitriones, y de lo recordó encariñado los tiempos viviendo entre la gente.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wu/Wulfstan%20de%20Hedeby.htm   (166 words)

  
 Truso - Wikipedia
Hedeby, which lay near the modern city of Schleswig in Schleswig-Holstein, was pretty centrally located and could be reached from all four directions over land as well as from the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea.
In circa 890 (876?) Wulfstan of Haithabu (by his own account) reportedly undertook took a boat journey from Hedeby to Truso at the behest of king Alfred the Great.
One possible reason for maintaining such relationships was because he needed aid in his defense against the Danes or Vikings, who had overtaken most of England; however, the reasons for this journey are fundamentally unclear.
nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Truso   (292 words)

  
 Wulfstan of Hedeby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
According to this account, Wulfstan undertook a journey by sea from Hedeby to thetrading center of Truso around the year 880.
Ein sympathisches Volk zwischen Weichsel undMemel, Karl Baumann assertsthat Wulfstan not only visited, but also lived in Truso, as well as in Sambia.
According to Baumann, Wulfstan learned the customs and ways of his hosts, and he fondly rememberedthe times living amongst the people.
www.therfcc.org /wulfstan-of-hedeby-285650.html   (144 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Hedeby
Hedeby (Old Norse: Haithabu Latin: Heidiba) was a settlement and trading center on the southern Baltic Sea coast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of a narrow, navigable inlet, the Schlei in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.
Denmark lost the territory on which Hedeby lay, to Germany in 1864.
It was surrounded on all land sides by an earthwork, which was part of Danevirke.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Hedeby   (507 words)

  
 Haithabu Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography at Karr.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Hedeby (Haithabu in Old Norse; Heidiba in Latin; in Germany the name Haithabu is frequently used) was a Danish settlement and trading centre on the southern Baltic Sea coast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of a narrow, navigable inlet, the Schlei (Danish: Slien) in the province of Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany.
www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Haithabu   (633 words)

  
 Geschichte
Der Bericht des Wulfstans über seine Reise nach Truso ist eine wervolle geschichtliche Quelle über das Leben am Haff im 9 und 19 Jh und über die Verbindungen zwischen dem Frischen Haff mit Truso und den Vikinger in Dänemark.
Wulfstan berichtet von einer Schiffsreise von Haithabu zur Stadt Truso an der Weichselmündung im heutigen Polen.
"von Haithabu abreiste und nach sieben Tagen und Nächten in Truso war, und da§ das Schiff den ganzen Weg unter Segel fuhr.
www.frischeshaff.de /geschichte.htm   (362 words)

  
 Truso - netlexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ost-West-Handel zog von Truso entlang der Ostsee bis Jütland und weiter Inland bis Haithabu, damals eins der größten Handelszentren.
Haithabu lag bei der Stadt Schleswig in Schleswig-Holstein und war recht zentral gelegen in alle vier Himmelsrichtungen per Land und auch per Wasser zur Nordsee, dem Atlantischen Ozean und der Ostsee.
Um 890 unternahm Wulfstan von Haithabu, wie er selbst berichtete, eine Bootfahrt von Haithabu bis Truso im Dienste des Königs Alfred dem Großen.
www.lexikon-definition.de /Truso.html   (260 words)

  
 King Alfred   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Embassies to Rome conveying the English alms to the Pope werefairly frequent; while Alfred's interest in foreign countries is shown by the insertions which he made in his translation of Orosius.
Around 890 Wulfstan of Haithabu undertook a journey from Haithabu on Jutland along the Baltic Sea to the Prussian trading town Truso.Wulfstan reported details of his trip to Alfred the Great.
His relations to the Celtic princes in the southern half of the island are clearer.Comparatively early in his reign the Welsh princes, owing to the pressure on them of North Wales and Mercia, commended themselves to Alfred.
www.therfcc.org /king-alfred-43126.html   (2748 words)

  
 Viking Heritage Who is Who || Wulfstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Englishman or Norwegian, who gave a report about 890 to Alfred the Great of Wessex, on a journey he had accomplished.
Wulfstan told him that the journey from Haithabu (Hedeby) to Truso took seven days.
They had sailed both day and night, with the Wendish land on starboard tack all the time and the land of the Danes on the port tack.
viking.hgo.se /db_search/who_is_who/detail.php?ID=33671&query=   (96 words)

  
 wulfstan - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Wulfstan : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
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 Wulfstan of Hedeby : Wulfstan of Haithabu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Wulfstan of Hedeby : Wulfstan of Haithabu
Wulfstan of Hedeby : Wulfstan of Haithabu
article at Free Euro Online Encyclopedia
It uses material from the wikipedia article Wulfstan of Hedeby : Wulfstan of Haithabu.
www.eurofreehost.com /wu/Wulfstan_of_Haithabu.html   (230 words)

  
 Helga's Genealogy, History of Old Prussi Land, Brandenburg, Prussia
Bavarians later furnished the emperors, after the Frankish empire was split by the successor sons of Karl der Grosse (Charle Magne)
899 to 90l AD Angle Saxon Wulfstan von Haithabu, Juetland (in Danish Hedeby, Jylland) took a trip along the Baltic Sea and reported to king Aelfred The Great about the Prussai Trading Place Druso TRUSO at the Drausen Sea, later city of Elbing
Between 800 and 1000 AD Northmen- Normans- Vikings also came to Old Prussi Land and lived and married
www.crystalbay.net /helgasgenealogy/berlin.html   (2228 words)

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