Lands of the Hevelli (Heveller), ca. 1150.

The Hevelli or Hevellians (sometimes Havolane; German: Heveller or Stodoranen; Polish: Hawelanie or Stodoranie; Czech: Havolané or Stodorané) were a Slavic tribe who lived around the river Havel in the Havelland area of Brandenburg in eastern Germany from the 8th century onwards. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally consists of a Social group existing before the development of or outside of States Many anthropologists use The Havel (ˈhaːfəl is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Havelland is a geograhical region and district in Brandenburg, Germany. Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era.

The Hevelli built fortifications at Brenna (later to become Brandenburg an der Havel) and intermarried with the neighboring Saxons and the Bohemians{cn}. Brandenburg an der Havel is a Town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia located in the modern day Czech Republic They also built a large outpost at the current site of Spandau Citadel in Berlin. The Spandau Citadel (Zitadelle Spandau of Berlin, Germany, is one of the best-preserved Renaissance Fortresses of Europe Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.

Together with the Sprevjane, the Hevelli waged war against not only the German feudal states to the west, but also neighboring Slavic tribes. The Sprevane or Sprevani (Sprewanen Slavonic: Sprevjane) name were a Slavic tribe who lived around the river Spree, where Berlin Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed They were gradually assimilated by Germans during the Ostsiedlung. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as This article covers the medieval eastward migrations of Germans

See also

• Polabian Slavs

References

[genealogie-mittelalter.de] (German)