Engelbert Wusterwitz

Engelbert Wusterwitz (c. 1385–1433) was a chronicler of the history of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

He wrote during the time when the House of Hohenzollern, the dynasty of the later kings of Prussia, gained rulership over Brandenburg.

During this time, Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg of the House of Hohenzollern, was appointed governor of Brandenburg in order to restore order and stability amid excessive feuds between the nobility and later elevated to the rank of Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg as Frederick I. Engelbert supported Frederick and was critical of the feudal quarrels of the local nobility.

The text survives only in excerpts quoted by the 16th-century chroniclers Andreas Angelus and Peter Hafftiz.

Earlier printed editions are found in Riedel, Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis IV.1 (1862), Heidemann (1878) and Tschirch (1912).