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. The name means "the town on the heath". Haithabu was a Danish settlement built around 770. It was surrounded on all land sides by an earthwork. In the 9th century a second settlement developed north and at the Haithabu creek inbetween. At the end of the 9th century the northern and southern part were abandoned for the central section. Later a 9 meter (about 27 foot) high ring wall was erected.
It became a principal market because of its geographical location on the major trade routes between Germany and Scandinavia, and between the Baltic and the North Sea. Between 800 and 1000 the growing economic power of the Vikings who held it at this time led to its dramatic expansion as a major trading center. As Adam of Bremen reports, ships were sent from this portus maritimus to the Slavian areas, to Sweden, Samland (Semlant) and even Greece. It was the seat of a bishop and belonged to the archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen.
Später wurde Haithabu ein Haupthandelsplatz wegen seiner günstigen Lage an Haupthandelswegen zwischen dem Fränkischen Reich und Skandinavien sowie zwischen Ostsee und Nordsee.
Daraus lässt sich das Völkergemisch Haithabus erkennen, aber auch der Einfluss der Christianisierung (ab 826).
Waren aus der gesamten damals bekannten Welt wurden in Haithabu gehandelt: Norwegen, Schweden, Irland, Baltikum, Konstantinopel, Bagdad.
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 Danish settlement built around 770.
The inhabitants moved to Schleswig and Haithabu was abandoned.
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