Polabians

Tribes

The main tribes of the Obotritic confederation were the Obotrites proper (Wismar Bay to the Schweriner See), the Wagrians (eastern Holstein), the Warnabi (Warnower) (the upper Warnow and Mildenitz), and the Polabians proper (between the Trave and the Elbe). Other tribes associated with the confederation included the Linones (Linonen) near Lenzen, the Travnjane near the Trave, and the Drevani in the Hanoverian Wendland and the northern Altmark.