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{{Wikt|Wendland}}
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Throughout history, there has been different usage of the term (]) '''Wendland''', '''Vendland''', '''Ventheland''' or (]) '''Vandalia'''. The ]ized form is usually associated with the germanic tribe ], although Wendland or Vandalia is the land inhabited by the ] (today considered to be a Slavic people). The most common ]s:
# The region inhabited by ] groups, corresponding to North-Eastern Germany.
# The region ] including the former ] ].
# According to the Finnish historian ], an earlier name for ], especially ]. This theory has few supporters, and is based on an interpretion of old maps, some of which place Wendland in the far north or ], and term ] as 'Mare Vendicus'.


''']''' is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
==See also==

*]
'''Wendland''' may also refer to:
*]

==Places==
* in a medieval sense, the Wendland means any West Slavic, or ], region not designated as Polish, Bohemian or Moravian
**in the Middle Ages, ] and the surrounding areas were called ''Wendland, Vendland, Vindland, Ventheland'' or {{langx|la|Vandalia|link=no}}
**] is the heart of the Wendland region, today covered by the county of ] in the German state of Lower Saxony
**'']'' was a protest camp established in Gorleben in the Wendland region of Germany in 1980
*according to the Finnish historian Matti Klinge, an earlier name for ]
*], Antarctic mountain

==Other uses==
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Latest revision as of 14:02, 31 October 2024

Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

Wendland may also refer to:

Places

  • in a medieval sense, the Wendland means any West Slavic, or Wendish, region not designated as Polish, Bohemian or Moravian
    • in the Middle Ages, Pomerania and the surrounding areas were called Wendland, Vendland, Vindland, Ventheland or Latin: Vandalia
    • Hanoverian Wendland is the heart of the Wendland region, today covered by the county of Lüchow-Dannenberg in the German state of Lower Saxony
    • Free Republic of Wendland was a protest camp established in Gorleben in the Wendland region of Germany in 1980
  • according to the Finnish historian Matti Klinge, an earlier name for Finland
  • Mount Wendland, Antarctic mountain

Other uses

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