Opolans
The Opolans were a West Slavic tribe and at the same time one of the five tribes residing in Silesia in the 9th century.
location
The settlement area of the Opolans lay below the mouth of the Glatzer Neisse and below the Malapane .
They lived on the banks of the middle Oder river in Upper Silesia .
Written mention
In the second half of the 9th century the Bavarian geographer mentions 20 "civitates" (settlements and earth castles) of the Opolini .
Political conditions
From 875 the area belonged to the sphere of influence of the Great Moravian Empire , in 907 it belonged to Bohemia . Around 990, the Opolan tribe, like all of Silesia, entered the Polish state.
In 1039 it fell back to Bohemia , and in 1050 back to Poland . There it became part of the Duchy of Silesia in 1138 . In 1179 the Duchy of Opole was founded on the territory of the previous Opolans .
Settlements
One of the most famous settlements of the Opolans was on the Pascheke island Ostrówek in today's city of Opole , which was discovered in 1968 during excavations.
To the west of this Opolan settlement, the new city of Opole (today's old town) was laid out by Duke Kazimir I between 1211 and 1217 .
literature
- Ryszard Emmerling, Urszula Zajączkowska: Opole. The capital of the Opole Voivodeship. Schlesischer Verlag ADAN, Opole 2003, ISBN 83-915371-3-7
- Stefan Mizia: History of Silesia - an outline. Rzeka Publishing House, Wrocław 1999, ISBN 83-906558-6-1