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Medieval Slavic tribe

Opolans (Polish: Opolanie; Czech: Opolané; German: Opolanen; Latin: Opolini) were the West Slavic tribe that lived in the region of upper Odra. Their main settlement (gord) was Opole. They were mentioned in the Bavarian Geographer, under the Latin name Opolini, as one of the seven tribes living in Silesia (Silesian tribes). The other six were: Dziadoszanie, Golęszyce, Ślężanie, Trzebowianie [pl], Bobrzanie and Lupiglaa (often identified with Głubczyce [pl]).

Location of Silesian tribes in the 9th and 10th centuries

The name Opolans derives from a Slavic term opole, that meant a specific form of self-government used among the West Slavs. Early medieval opole transformed into an administrative governing form used in Early Medieval Poland mainly to collect taxes.

According to the Geographer Opolans possessed 20 gords in what was later known as Upper Silesia such as Opole and Toszek. Presumably their place of cult was the Saint Anna mountain. Opolanie's territories were conquered by Great Moravia in 875 and were probably incorporated into the Přemyslid Bohemia in the first half of the 10th century. In 990 Opolans' territories were incorporated into the first Polish state. Due to this fact they are usually treated as part of the Polish tribes.

References

  1. "Opolanie, Encyklopedia PWN: źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. Gosciniak, Alexander (2015). Wojny Na Terytorium Sląska: 1000 - 1815. Tom 1 (in Polish). Alexander Gosciniak. ISBN 978-83-930386-5-7.

Further reading

  • Ryszard Emmerling, Urszula Zajączkowska: Oppeln. Die Hauptstadt der Wojewodschaft Oppeln. Schlesischer Verlag ADAN, Opole 2003, ISBN 83-915371-3-7
  • Stefan Mizia: Geschichte Schlesiens – ein Abriß.Verlag Rzeka, Wrocław 1999, ISBN 83-906558-6-1

See also

Tribes mentioned in the Bavarian Geographer
The tribes are listed according to the original names and order
Early Slavic ethnic groups (7th–12th centuries)
East Slavs
Dulebes
Northern tribes
West Slavs
Polish tribes
Pomeranians
Silesian tribes
Polabian tribes
Veleti and Lutici
Obotrites
Sorbs
Czech tribes
Slovak tribes
South Slavs
Bulgarian tribes
in Greece and Macedonia
Serbo-Croatian tribes
  • Notes (ethnicity is undefined): = supposedly Eastern Slavic tribes
  • = supposedly Finno-Ugric tribes
  • = some of the Silesian tribes are Germanic, for example Silings
  • = generally considered synonym for early medieval Slovaks
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