Brizans

The Brizanen , also Brisaner , were an Elbe Slavic tribe who settled in the Prignitz in the early High Middle Ages . The center of their sphere of influence was today's Havelberg . Albrecht the Bear conquered their territory during the Wendekreuzzug of 1147, after their ruler had already adopted Christianity.

See also: List of Slavic Tribes

Individual evidence

↑ Dr. Heinrich Berghans: Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz in the middle of the 19th century . or geographical-historical-statistical description of the province of Brandenburg. First volume. Adolph Müller, Brandenburg 1854, p. 615 .
↑ Benedykt Zientara: Henry the Bearded and his time . Politics and society in medieval Silesia (= writings of the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe, Volume 17 ). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-486-56615-6 , p. 32 .

[Berghans1854-1] Dr. Heinrich Berghans: Land book of the Mark Brandenburg and the Markgrafthum Nieder-Lausitz in the middle of the 19th century . or geographical-historical-statistical description of the province of Brandenburg. First volume. Adolph Müller, Brandenburg 1854, p. 615 .

[Zientara2001-2] Benedykt Zientara: Henry the Bearded and his time . Politics and society in medieval Silesia (= writings of the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe, Volume 17 ). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-486-56615-6 , p. 32 .