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Polans (western)

Not to be confused with Polans (eastern).
West Slavs of the 9th–10th centuries
A fragment of the Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum (1073) by Adam of Bremen containing the name Polans – Latin: trans Oddaram sunt Polanos, lit. 'across the Oder are the Polans'.

The Polans (Polish: Polanie; Latin: Polani, Polanos), also known as Polanians or Western Polans (Polish: Polanie Zachodni; Latin: Polani Occidentis), were a West Slavic and Lechitic tribe, inhabiting the Warta River basin of the contemporary Greater Poland region starting in the 6th century.[1] They were one of the main tribes in Central Europe and were closely related to the Vistulans, Masovians, Czechs and Slovaks. According to Zygmunt Gloger, their name was derived from the word "pole" meaning "field", thus denoting them as "men of the fields".[2]

  1. ^ "Depictions of the battle between Polans (western) and Rusyns knights, by Michal Leszczynski". PBase.
  2. ^ Gloger, Zygmunt. "Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski. W tekście 63 autentycznych rycin". Kraków, 1903.

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