Reric is located near Groß Strömkendorf on the eastern shore of the Bay of Wismar. University researchers and state archaeologists excavated about 20 hectares of land at this specific spot between 1995 and 1999.
Slavs from the Obodrite tribe settled the region around 735 AD. They established the port shortly after arriving in the area, with the initial settlement sitting north of where the later town would stand.
Danish king Gudfred ordered the destruction of the emporium in 808 AD. He took the merchants away from the site and resettled them in Hedeby while fighting against Charlemagne's forces.
Danish king Gudfred destroyed the original settlement phase of Reric in 808 AD. An Obodrite duke named Drazko was murdered at Reric the following year at the instigation of Gudfred himself.
The settlement stretched 500 meters along the water and covered at least 20 hectares of surface area. Excavators found sunken floor buildings similar to those at West Stow in England within this space.