page_title: Storkow, Brandenburg
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Storkow, Brandenburg / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Palas der Burg Storkow, restauriert 2005–2009.
context_page_description: Storkow is a town in Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
context_section_description: The town of Storkow was first mentioned in a 1209 deed issued by Emperor Otto IV; it thereby is one of the oldest towns in Brandenburg. In early medieval times, the area was settled by Polabian Slavs, it was incorporated by the Saxon margrave Gero in his vast marca Geronis and by 965 formed part of the Imperial March of Lusatia (or Saxon Eastern March). During the German Ostsiedlung migration, maybe under the rule of the Wettin margrave Conrad the Great in the mid 12th century, Storkow Castle was erected. It probably arose at the site of a former Slavic marsh fortress and served as administrative seat of Wettin ministeriales ruling over the extended Lusatian lordship (Herrschaft) of Storkow. 
  With Lower Lusatia, Storkow passed to the Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1367; it was located near the northern border with the Margraviate of Brandenburg. From 1518, Storkow Castle was pawned to the Bishops of Lebus as an episcopal residence. Upon the death of the last Catholic bishop in 1555, it was presented as a gift to the Hohenzollern margrave John of Brandenburg-Küstrin by King Ferdinand I of Bohemia and, together with neighbouring Beeskow, finally merged into the Brandenburg electorate upon John's death in 1571.
  Lower Sorbian was spoken by a significant proportion of the population until the early 17th century.
  Devastated during the Thirty Years' War, Storkow Castle was rebuilt in a Renaissance style under the rule of the "Great Elector" Frederick William. The town became part of the newly established Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. King Frederick the Great decisively promoted the local trade of weavers, bleachers and dyers.
  After World War II, Storkow was incorporated into the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany from 1952 to 1990. Storkow Castle was destroyed by a blaze in 1978; it was rebuilt after German reunification and today is a listed monument.
caption: Storkow Castle
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