List of Polish Tribes
The following is the list of Polish and other conquered Slavic tribes that constituted the lands of Poland in the early Middle Ages, at the beginning of the Polish state. Some of them have remained a separate ethnicity while others have been assimilated into the culture of Poland.
- Polans
- Pomeranians
- Pyrzyczanie
- Wolinianie
- Goplans
- Lędzianie
- Masovians
- Vistulans
- Silesian tribes (pl: plemiona śląskie) - were the European tribes of West Slavs. They are usually treated as part of Polish tribes and sometimes even as part of Germanic tribes. Two tribes among them are sometimes considered as Czech (Moravian) tribes.
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- Bieżuńczanie
- Bobrzanie
- Dziadoszanie
- Golęszyce
- Lubuszanie
- Opolanie
- Ślężanie
- Trzebowianie
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