Natangians (in brown) and other Prussian clans in the 13th century
Total population
Extinct in 17th–18th century
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Old Prussian, later also German
Religion
Prussian mythology (Paganism)
Related ethnic groups
Other Prussians and Balts
Natangians or Notangians (Prussian: Notangi; Polish: Natangowie; Lithuanian: Notangai; German: Natanger) was a Prussian clan, which lived in the region of Natangia, an area that is now mostly part of the Russian exclave Kaliningrad Oblast, whereas the southern portion lies in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
In the 13th century, when the Teutonic Knights began their crusade against the Prussians, some 15,000 people might have lived in the area between the Pregolya and Łyna rivers.[1] The Natangian lands bordered with Sambia in the north, Warmia in the west and south, and Bartia in the southeast.[2] They likely spoke a West Baltic language, now extinct, similar to Old Prussian language.
^Simas Sužiedėlis, ed. (1970–1978). "Notanga". Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. IV. Boston, Massachusetts: Juozas Kapočius. pp. 101–102. LCCN 74-114275.
^Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 931.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
converted Christians, included Natangians. However, the treaty failed to address the underlying causes of the conflict, and Natangians massacred 54 knights in...
Natangian (Natangisch) was a Low Prussian dialect, spoken in Natangen, East Prussia. It was spoken in Natangen around Zinten, Bartenstein, Friedland,...
became extinct sometime in the 17th century. The Sambians bordered the Natangians in the south, and the Nadruvians in the east. Engaged in the amber trade...
From 1238 to 1240, the Teutonic Knights campaigned against the Bartians, Natangians, and Warmians. A small force of crusading knights were slaughtered besieging...
siege and were reinforced by Herkus Monte and his Natangians. Herkus was later injured and the Natangians retreated, leaving the Sambians unable to stop...
region from which they came – Galindians, Sambians, Bartians, Nadruvians, Natangians, Scalovians, Sudovians, etc. It is not known when and how the first general...
practice, it was a tactical mistake, because Herkus Monte, the leader of the Natangians, had been educated in Germany and expected this development. As soon as...
could not provide help to the besieged castles and forts. In 1263 the Natangians led by Herkus Monte raided Chełmno Land and took many prisoners. Master...
Baltic tribes – either local (Old Prussians – Sambians, north Bartians, Natangians; either probably formerly Lithuanized or Prussian Scalovians and Nadruvians;...
Hercus or Herkus. Since he was familiar with German military tactics, the Natangians elected him as a leader of their forces. At first he was successful: on...
Westkäslausch, around Mehlsack (Pieniężno) Ostkäslausch, around Rößel (Reszel) Natangian (Natangisch or Natangisch-Bartisch), around Bartenstein (Bartoszyce) Samlandic...
colonial expansion. The Bartians, together with the Warmians and the Natangians, were conquered by the Teutonic Knights 1238–1240. In Bartia the Knights...
прусской культур I-VI вв. н.э." [Armament of horsemen of the Sambian-Natangian and Prussian cultures of the 1st-6th centuries A.D.]. www.simvolika.org...
The contingent also included a number of Prussian natives, including Natangians and Sambians. Two of them decided to betray the fortress to Gediminas...
to the treaty, it was also signed in the name of the Warmians and the Natangians. The treaty was signed in Christburg (now Dzierzgoń) which the Knights...
Pravdinsk was founded in 1312 at a ford across the Lava River after the local Natangian tribe in Prussia was subdued by the Teutonic Knights, and received town...
them to Christianity. The Warmians, together with the Bartians and the Natangians, were conquered between 1238 and 1241. During one of the first Teutonic...
around Königsberg, Labiau and Wehlau. Ostsamländisch had a border with Natangian, Westsamländisch and Eastern Low Prussian. Samlandic was spoken around...
Prussian Lithuanians. Eastern Low Prussian had borders with Ostsamländisch, Natangian, and Standard German. Lithuanian language was spoken within its area....
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