Henry destroys the Slav settlement of Lipsk—named …

Years: 934 - 934

Henry destroys the Slav settlement of Lipsk—named for the linden tree (“lipa”)—and orders a fort built on its ruins, located between the Parthe, Elster, and Pleisse rivers in the area where the foothills of the central German mountains give way to the fertile North German plains.

The town that begins to grow around the fort will become known as Leipzig.

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