Mazovians
The Masovians ( Polish : Mazowszanie ) are a West Slavic tribe from Mazovia . They had developed the large forest areas in northeastern Poland since the 14th century .
The origin of the Mazovians is not fully understood. Their origins are assumed to be the massageteers , but the Pannonian - Dalmatian tribe of the Mazei are not excluded because of the similarity of many toponyms . Then the name meaning goes back to "maz": large (mountain name Massarus ).
Around the 7th century the Mazovians migrated from the south to their later area to the north, where they were initially prevented from penetrating into Prussian tribal areas by the powerful Galindians , whose territory at that time still extended to the Narew . However, from this time onwards, individual peaceful settler clans infiltrated into Prussian territory, where they mixed with the indigenous people.
Konrad von Mazowien brought the Teutonic Order to Kulmerland in 1226 . In 1526, the Duchy of Mazovia , which was independent for several centuries, was incorporated by Poland . The Mazovians, who immigrated to East Prussia for various reasons, merged over the centuries with the Germans and Prussians to form a Masurian- speaking ethnic group. Their settlement area was called Masuria .
Today the inhabitants of the Masovian Voivodeship are also called Mazovians .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roman Sołtyk: Poland, geographically historically portrayed &. Stuttgart 1834, p. 53.
- ^ Heinrich Kunstmann : The Slavs, their name, their migration to Europe and the beginnings of Russian history in a historical and onomastic view. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1996, p. 148
- ^ Wilhelm Gaerte: Urgeschichte Ostpreussens, Graefe and Unzer, Königsberg 1929 p. 319