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===Early history=== [[File:Dortmund Braun-Hogenberg.jpg|thumb|Historical view of Dortmund by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg (between 1572 and 1618)]] The [[Sigiburg]] was a [[hillfort]] in the south of present-day Dortmund, overlooking the River [[Ruhr (river)|Ruhr]] near its confluence with the River [[Lenne]]. The ruins of the later [[Syberg|Hohensyburg]] castle now stand on the site of the Sigiburg. The hillfort is presumably of [[Saxons|Saxon]] origin, but there is no archeological or documentary proof of this. During the [[Saxon Wars]], it was taken by the [[Franks]] under [[Charlemagne]] in 772, retaken by the Saxons (possibly under [[Widukind]]) in 774, and taken again and refortified by Charlemagne in 775. [[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence suggests the Sigiburg site was also occupied in the [[Neolithic]] era.<ref>Detlef Rothe ''Rekonstruktion der Sächsischen Wallburg Sigiburg'', citing [[Werner Rolevinck]] and the [[Royal Frankish Annals]] [http://www.5dim.de/Aufsaetze/RekonstruktionSigiburg/19751214RekonstruktionSigiburg.html]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz85382.html|title=Widukind – Deutsche Biographie|first=Deutsche|last=Biographie|website=Deutsche-biographie.de}}</ref> The first time Dortmund was mentioned in official documents was around 882 as '''Throtmanni''' – In throtmanni liber homo arnold[us] viii den[arios] nob[is] soluit [solvit].<ref name="WM-document-882"/><ref>[[Rudolf Kötzschke]] (ed.): Die Urbare der Abtei Werden a. d. Ruhr (= Publikationen der Gesellschaft für rheinische Geschichtskunde XX: Rheinische Urbare). Bd. 2: A. Die Urbare vom 9.-13. Jahrhundert. Hrsg. von Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1908, Nachdruck Düsseldorf 1978, Bd. 3: B. Lagerbücher, Hebe- und Zinsregister vom 14. bis ins 17. Jahrhundert, Bonn 1908, Nachdruck Düsseldorf 1978, Bd. 4, I: Einleitung und Register. I. Namenregister. Hrsg. von Fritz Körholz, Düsseldorf 1978, Bd. 4, II: Einleitung, Kapitel IV: Die Wirtschaftsverfassung und Verwaltung der Großgrundherrschaft Werden. Sachregister. Hrsg. von Rudolf Kötzschke, Bonn 1958</ref> In 1005 the "Ecclesiastical council" and in 1016 the"Imperial diet" met in Dortmund.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
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