Polabians

Polabians are a Slavic people historically dwelling in the basin of the Elbe and on the Baltic coast of Germany.

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They became germanized during the Late Middle Ages. Germans and Franks referred to them as Wends, as they generally did to Western Slavs. The term Polabian is Slavic and refers to their position along the river Elbe (Czech Labe).

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• Polabian
• Wends

Slavic: Slav, Slavic or Slavonic can refer to:...

Elbe: The Elbe River (Czech Labe , Sorbian/Lusatian ?objo, Polish ?aba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. It originates in the North West Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and finally flowing into the North Sea. Its total length is 1165 km....

Baltic: Baltic can refer to:...