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The ethnonym "Sorbs" (Serbja, Serby) derives from the medieval ethnic groups called "Sorbs" (Surbi, Sorabi). The original ethnonym, Srbi, was retained by the Sorbs and Serbs in the Balkans. [6] By the 6th century, Slavs occupied the area west of the Oder formerly inhabited by Germanic peoples. [6] The Sorbs are first mentioned in the 6th or 7th ...
Dervan's Sorbian province. According to the old theorization by Joachim Herrmann, the Serbian tribe characterized by Rüssen-type of Leipzig group pottery arrived from the Middle Danube in the beginning of the 7th century and settled between Saale and Elbe river, but only since the 10th century their ethnonym was transferred to the Luzici, Milceni and other tribes of Sukow-Dziedzice and Tornow ...
In 1950, the Sorbs obtained language and cultural autonomy within the then–East German state of Saxony. Lusatian schools and magazines were launched and the Domowina association was revived, although under increasing political control of the ruling Communist Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).
Baldur von Schirach (1907-1974) – Nazi German politician and convicted war criminal; Kito Lorenc (1938–2017) – Writer, lyric poet, and translator; Kurt Krjeńc (1907–1978) – East German politician and Chairman of Domowina; Marie Simon (1824–1877) – nurse; Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994) Stanislaw Tillich (b. 1959) Mina Witkojc ...
The Wendish People's Party (German: Wendische Volkspartei, Upper Sorbian: Serbska ludowa strona) was a political party of the Sorbs in Weimar Germany from 1919 to 1933. It was led by Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski [ de ] during its entire existence.
According to the Annales Fuldenses, in 858, a Reichstag held at Frankfurt under Louis the German sent three armies to the eastern frontiers to reinforce the submission of the Slavic tribes. Carloman was sent against Great Moravia, Louis the Younger against the Obodrites and Linonen, and Thachulf against the Sorbs, who were refusing to obey him ...
The Sorbian March (Latin: limes Sorabicus, German: Sorbenmark, Upper Sorbian: Serbske hriwny, Lower Sorbian: Serbske marki) was a frontier district on the eastern border of East Francia in the 9th through 11th centuries. It was composed of several counties bordering the Sorbs. The Sorbian March seems to have comprised the eastern part of Thuringia.
After Thachulf's death in 873, the Sorbs rose in revolt and he was succeeded by his son Radulf. In 880, King Louis replaced Radulf with Poppo, perhaps a kinsman. Poppo instigated a war with Saxony in 882 and in 883 he and his brother Egino fought a civil war for control of Thuringia, in which the latter was victorious. [7]