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Nadruvians , Old Prussian Nadrawa , Lithuanian Nadruva was a Gau of the Prussians / Prussians later in East Prussia . Nadrauen lay east of the Deime and thus bordered the Samland and Natangen in the west, Schalauen in the north, Barten and Galinden in the south and Sudauen in the east . The name describes the landscape ("na-drawa": there where it flows), which was characterized by impenetrable primeval forests and swamps, damp "Grauden" and light "Damerauen" with bush forests. The most important city in this landscape is Insterburg .
history
Nadrauen was conquered from Wehlau by the German order in 1276 . In 1275 Kamswykus was already taken. From the middle of the 15th century, Samogitic and Lithuanian settlers also came to the country and, together with the remaining Prussian nadruviai (Lithuanian nadruviai ), formed the so-called Prussian-Lithuanian mixed population of the area. After the “Great Plague” at the beginning of the 18th century, the country was repopulated with settlers from Germany, Switzerland and Salzburg to compensate for the human losses.
Today Nadrauen is in the Russian region of Kaliningrad .
Legend
According to the fake legend invented by the pseudo-historian Simon Grunau , Nadrau was the fourth son of King Widowuto , who received the land between Skara (Pregel), Boiko and Curtono. He built a keep which he called Staymto.
Linguistic monuments
In northern East Prussia, the refugees from Samogitia and Lithuania developed their own dialect, the so-called Prussian-Lithuanian. The Nadrau dialect is said to be closest to the Prussian.
Our Father in the Insterburg dialect (after preacher Hennig)
- Tewe musu, course essi Danguje,
- Buk szwenczamas Wardas tawo,
- Ateik tawo Karalijste;
- Buk tawo Walle kaip Daguje, taip ir an Zemes;
- Duna musu dieniszka duk mums ir sze Diena;
- Atleisk mums musu Kaltes, kaip mes atoeidzjam sawo Kaltiems;
- Ne wesk mus Pagundima;
- Bet yellow mus nu picto.
Our Father in the Nadrau dialect (after Simon Prätorius)
- Tiewe musu, kursa tu essi Debsissa,
- Szwints tiest taws wards;
- Akeik mums twa Walstybe;
- Tawas Praats buk kaip Debbesissa taibant wirszu Sjemes;
- Musu dieniszka May e duk mums ir szen Dienan;
- Atmesk mums musu Griekus, kaip mes pammetam musi Pardokonteimus;
- Ne te wedde mus Baidykle;
- Bet te passarge mus mi wissa Louna (Pikta)
See also
literature
- Gerullis, Georg: The old Prussian place names, Berlin, Leipzig 1922
- Peteraitis, Vilius: Mažoji Lietuva ir Tvanksta (Lithuania Minor and Tvanksta) Vilnius 1992
- Mortensen, H. and G .: The wilderness in eastern Prussia, its condition around 1400 and its earlier settlement, Leipzig 1938
- Tettau, v .: Folk tales of East Prussia, Litthauens and West Prussia, Berlin 1837
- Father, Johann Severin: Mithridates or general language studies with the Our Father as a language sample, Berlin 1809
