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Polabians (tribe), the Glossary

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The Polabians (Polaben; Polabi) were a constituent Lechitic tribe of the Obotrites who lived between the Trave and the Elbe.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Drevani, Elbe, Germanisation, Henry of Badewide, Henry the Lion, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lechites, List of early Slavic peoples, Lower Saxony, Obotrites, Polabian language, Polabian Slavs, Ratzeburg, Trave, Tribe.

  2. Obotrites
  3. Wendland
  4. West Slavic tribes

Drevani

The Drevani (Draväno-Polaben or Drevanen) were a tribe of Polabian Slavs settling on the Elbe river in the area of the present-day Lüchow-Dannenberg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. Polabians (tribe) and Drevani are Obotrites.

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Elbe

The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.

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Germanisation

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture.

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Henry of Badewide

Henry of Badewide (or Badwide) (Heinrich von Badewide) (died ca. 1164) was a Saxon Count of Botwide (after 1149) and Count of Ratzeburg (after 1156).

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Henry the Lion

Henry the Lion (Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195), also known as Henry III, Duke of Saxony (ruled 1142-1180) and Henry XII, Duke of Bavaria (ruled 1156-1180), was a member of the Welf dynasty.

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Lüchow-Dannenberg

Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is usually referred to as Hanoverian Wendland (Hannoversches Wendland) or Wendland. Polabians (tribe) and Lüchow-Dannenberg are Obotrites and Wendland.

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Lechites

Lechites (Lechiten), also known as the Lechitic tribes (Lechitische Stämme), is a name given to certain West Slavic tribes who inhabited modern-day Poland and eastern Germany, and were speakers of the Lechitic languages. Polabians (tribe) and Lechites are West Slavic tribes.

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List of early Slavic peoples

This is a list of early Slavic peoples reported in Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages, that is, before the year AD 1500.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state in northwestern Germany.

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Obotrites

The Obotrites (Obotriti, Abodritorum, Abodritos…) or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany (see Polabian Slavs). Polabians (tribe) and Obotrites are West Slavic tribes.

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Polabian language

The Polabian language, also known as Drevanian–Polabian language, Drevanian language, and Lüneburg Wendish language, is a West Slavic language that was spoken by the Polabian Slavs (Wenden) in present-day northeastern Germany around the Elbe.

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Polabian Slavs

Polabian Slavs, also known as Elbe Slavs and more broadly as Wends, is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river in what is today eastern Germany. Polabians (tribe) and Polabian Slavs are West Slavic tribes.

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Ratzeburg

Ratzeburg (Low German: Ratzborg) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Trave

The Trave is a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Tribe

The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group.

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See also

Obotrites

Wendland

West Slavic tribes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polabians_(tribe)

Also known as Polaben, Polabi (tribe), Polabian peoples, Polabs (tribe).