Editing Obotrites (section)

==Obotritic confederation==
The [[Bavarian Geographer]], an anonymous medieval document compiled in [[Regensburg]] in 830, contains a list of the tribes in Central Eastern Europe to the east of the Elbe. The list includes the Nortabtrezi (Obotrites) - with 53 ''civitates''.
[[Adam of Bremen]] referred to them as the '''Reregi''' because of their lucrative trade emporium [[Reric]]. In common with other Slavic groups, they were often described by Germanic sources as [[Wends]].
[[File:Billunger Mark 1000.PNG|thumb|left|upright|Map of the [[Billunger Mark]] (c. 1000) showing different tribes of the Obotritic confederation]]
The main tribes of the Obotritic confederation were:<ref name=Herrman-7-8>Herrmann 1970, pp. 7–8</ref>

*the Obotrites proper ([[Wismar Bay]] to [[Schweriner See|Lake Schwerin]]);
*the [[Wagrians]] (the eastern [[Holstein]] as part of [[Old Saxony|Saxony]]);
*the [[Warnower]] (the upper [[Warnow]] and [[Mildenitz (river)|Mildenitz]]);
*the [[Polabians (tribe)|Polabians proper]] (between the [[Trave]] and the [[Elbe]]).

Other tribes associated with the confederation include:<ref name=Herrman-7-8/>
*the [[Linonen]] near [[Lenzen]],
*the [[Travnjane]] near the [[Trave]],
*the [[Drevani]] in the [[Lüchow-Dannenberg|Hanoverian Wendland]].
*the [[Ukrani]] in [[Prenzlau]].