History
The name 'Schwentine comes from the Slavic word Sventana or the Baltic šventa which meant "The holy one" (die Heilige); see also: Balto-Slavic languages.
The original source of the Schwentine was not on the Bungsberg, but in the vicinity of Bornhöved. The source of the present-day Alte Schwentine is viewed by historians, natural scientists and linguistic researchers as the original source of the Schwentine. During the Early and High Middle Ages the little river marked the border between the German or Saxon region, which extended to the Baltic Sea near Kiel, and the Slav-settled regions in the present-day Ostholstein.
Before Angles settled in Britain in the post-Roman period, they lived in Schleswig; hence many words in English vocabulary have Slavonic roots: cf. e.g. Eng. loaf, lord - Sl. chleb, Eng. glass - Sl. głos.
In the Battle of Bornhöved (German: Schlacht bei Bornhöved) on the field of Sventanafeld (Sventanapolje or "Schwentine field") near the village of Bornhöved near Neumünster in 798 the Obodrites, led by Drożko, allied with the Franks, defeated the Nordalbingian Saxons.
See also: Wagria, Limes Saxoniae
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