Obotrites

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title: Obotrites
text: The Obotrites or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites, were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany. For decades, they were allies of Charlemagne in his wars against the Germanic Saxons and the Slavic Veleti. The Obotrites under Prince Thrasco defeated the Saxons in the Battle of Bornhöved (798). The still-Pagan Saxons were dispersed by the emperor, and the part of their former land in Holstein north of Elbe was awar
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description: Confederation of West Slavic tribes in present-day northern Germany (8th century – 1167)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obotrites
date created: 2001-11-15T19:05:22Z
date modified: 2024-09-01T11:08:58Z
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