Brigantier

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The Brigantier were a tribe of the Celts in Vorarlberg belonging to the Vindelikern . The city of Bregenz ( Latin Brigantium , Celtic / Greek Brigantion ) is named after them, which was founded by the Brigantines and was considered the strongest Celtic oppidum ( fortified settlement ) in the eastern Lake Constance area . In 1987, the provincial capital Bregenz celebrated the 2000th anniversary of the Roman conquest.

Surname

It is assumed that there is at least a cultural relationship to the Celtic people of the Brigantes , who lived in Britain . It is probably based on old Celtic brigantes "the high" or "the sublime" (the name of the goddess Brigantia is a Latin adaptation of the feminine form * Brigantī "the sublime", cf. the Irish form of the name Brigid ; the place name could also mean "high fortress ", Whereby the name of the people could just as easily be derived from the place name instead of the other way around) - to be understood either in the concrete sense" the highland inhabitants "or in the figurative sense as" the noble ones "; the name of the Burgundians is probably its Germanic equivalent. However, if one assumes the word meaning briga = "hill, hill, mountain, lake shore" - a part of the name that is widespread among Celtic settlements throughout Europe - then the Briganten or Brigantier would simply be the " settlers on the water" and, according to some sources, at In both tribes, Brigantia worshiped the deity of whatever kind of these settlers, presumably in connection with a water sanctuary.

history

Around 400 BC They founded the city of Brigantion (Brigantioi) as a Celtic oppidum on Lake Constance . The Obersee was initially called Lacus Brigantinus (Lake of Brigantiers) by ancient authors .

The Brigantier were after various battles in 15 BC. Subjugated by the Romans and Romanized over time .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Thomas Schmidts : Central places of the province of Raetien. Retrieved August 13, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Henric L. Wuermeling: The history of Bavaria . Langen / Müller, 2002, ISBN 3-7844-2884-3 .
  3. ↑ David Stifter, October 12, 2007, Keltisch in Österreich (lecture text in PDF form; 124 kB) , p. 6. Accessed September 1, 2008.
  4. ^ Karl-Heinz Burmeister: History of Vorarlberg . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1998, ISBN 3-486-56354-8 .
  5. ^ Martin Gerasch: Administration, military and economy in Roman Raetien: Augusta Vindelicum and Castra Regina . Grin Verlag, 2010, ISBN 3-640-50077-6 .
  6. ↑ Maximiliam Ciresa: RAETIA ROMANICA: Das alpine Osträtien - Alttirol - in the first millennium AD Books on Demand , 2010, ISBN 3-8391-5654-8 .