- The Wagri, Wagiri, or
Wagrians were a
tribe of
Polabian Slavs inhabiting Wagria, or
eastern Holstein in
northern Germany, from the
ninth to
twelfth centuries...
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Fehmarn (German: [ˈfeːmaʁn] ; Danish: Femern; from Old
Wagrian Slavic "Fe More",
meaning "In the Sea") is an
island in the
Baltic Sea, off the eastern...
- (Slavic) root of the name, Wagria,
meant not only the so-called, present-day
Wagrian peninsula, but the
entire region between the Kiel Fjord, the
middle reaches...
- predecessors. As
raiding was a
frequent practice among the Danes, Saxons, and
Wagrians, the
borderlands was a
hostile and
unsafe area to inhabit. In response...
-
taxation and
oppression of the
Saxon lords were
essentially driving the
Wagrians to the
Baltic Sea. The
Slavs retained their old
religious practices, such...
-
first phase of the Ostsiedlung, when
Count Henry of
Badewide campaigned in
Wagrian lands in 1138/39 and the
Slavic po****tion was
Germanized by German, mostly...
-
German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Oldenburg was the
chief town of the
Wagrians, one of the
Slavic peoples that
migrated as far west as the
river Elbe...
- routes. The
village then
consisted of a
Saxon part (Groß-Trittau) and a
Wagrian part (Klein-Trittau). In 1326, a
castle was
built to
defend the region...
-
Saxony and a
Danish contingent,
while the
pagans were led by Rochel, a
Wagrian prince and
pirate from the
vicinity of Oldenburg.
Henry was victorious...
- (districts of Plön and Ostholstein) was
given to the Obotrites,
namely the
Wagrians, and the
Saxon elite was
deported to
various areas of the empire. After...
