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  Vistulans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Vistulans (Polish: Wiślanie) were a Lechitic tribe inhabiting, since at least the 7th century, lands known today as Lesser Poland.
In the 9th century, Vistulans created a tribal state, with major centers in Kraków, Sandomierz, and Stradów.
Vistulan lands were conquered by the Polans in the; 10th century and incorporated into Poland.
en.encyclopediahome.com /wiki/Vistulans   (142 words)

  
 Chełm Official Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In the early middle ages the Chełm Region was connected with the Lędzian tribes and the Dulebów - Bużan - Volhynian tribes, being under the influence of the little state of the Vistulans with its centre in Krakow and the Rus state forming at that time.
However, archaeological finds prove that in the period from the 6th to the 10th centuries the area between the Wieprz and Bug Rivers was inhabited by pre-Polish population and from the middle of the 10th century it was already included within the Gniezno state of the Polanie.
The Vistulan Railway reached Chełm in 1877 and ten years later the line to Włodawa started to operate and it went further to Brest on the eastern side of the Bug River.
www.um.chelm.pl /ver_english/history.htm   (3651 words)

  
 Courtly Lives - Tczew, Poland/Dirschau, Germany
The Vistulan dialects were nearer to that of Polish.
There was in the Vistulan Pomerania a ducal family related to the Piasts, because of this it was thought that the Vistulan Pomeranians recognized the Piast hegomony of their own free will.
The Vistulans were once ruled by Sarmatian Croatians, who were assimilated by the conquering Slavs.
www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Tczew.html   (1480 words)

  
 Krzysztof M Dudek Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is not known how old Krakow city is. Not many cronicle writers fell as far east as Krakow.
The country of Wislanie (Vistulans) thrived on this land in the V century after Christ.
However, they might just be a decendants of people who left their pottery and moulds to create bronze tools in 1700 BC.
homepage.mac.com /krisek/krakow_en.html   (671 words)

  
 Malopolska (Little Poland)
North of the mountains, it's a region of gently rolling hills and green valleys.
In ancient times, the Vistulans, a Slavic tribe, lived along the upper Vistula River basin near Kraków.
Kraków itself became the Poland's capital in 1038 with the royal residence being located on Wawel hill overlooking the town.
info-poland.buffalo.edu /web/geography/regions/malopolska/link.shtml   (509 words)

  
 Poland: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Their chiefs belonged to the Piast dynasty, descendants of a legendary ancestor, and they lived in the town of Gniezno.
During the 10th century, the Polanians subdued the Kujavians, the Mazovians, the Ledzians, the Pomeranians, the Vistulans, and the Silesians.
Mieszko I (960-992) duke of the Piast, founded the first Polish State when he united neighboring tribes under a common state structure.
gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=123   (2719 words)

  
 Kraków   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Legend attributes the town's establishment to the mythical ruler Krak, who built it above a cave occupied by a ravenous dragon.
Before the Polish state existed, Kraków was the capital of the tribe of Vistulans, subjugated for a short period by Great Moravia.
Kraków's first appearance in historical records dates back to the 8th century, and notes that the prince of the Vistulians was baptized.
www.tocatch.info /en/Krakow.htm   (2399 words)

  
 Krakow travel guide - Wikitravel
However, the first official mention of the name was in 966 by a Spanish merchant, who described it as an important centre of trade in Slavonic Europe.
Through trade with the various rulers of Europe, it grew from a small settlement in 100AD to a large wealthy city, belonging to the Vistulans.
However, through the 9th and 10th centuries, it fell under the influence of the Great Moravians, then the Bohemians, before being captured by the Piast Dynasty of Poland.
wikitravel.org /en/Krakow   (5131 words)

  
 Notes on Poland -- Part 4
Wiec (royal council) of 12 members (Gall Anonim)
POLES CONSISTED OF POLANIE, SILESIANS, VISTULANS, LECZYCANS, KUJAVIANS, MAZOVIANS, AND SOME OF THE POMERANIANS, WHO LINKED THE POLES AND POLABIANS,
Use war of 1109 for any wild 'NSaTIW' story.
slavic.freeservers.com /Poland4.html   (1984 words)

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