Names of Poland
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The ethnonyms for the Poles and Poland include endonyms and exonyms. Endonyms and most exonyms for Poles and Poland derive from the name of the West Slavic tribe of Polans, while in some languages the
Poland of 11th century under Bolesław I the Brave
Name "Polonia" in the entry for 1002 in the 11th-century Annals of Quedlinburg, Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Q.113, fol 29v
11th century „Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum Adam of Bremen note Polans "trans Oddaram sunt Polanos"
Depiction of the legendary ruler Lech, with the description: "Lech the first prince of Poland"
Lech, Czech, and Rus
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Lech, Czech and Rus refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles, the Czechs, and the Rus'. The three legendary brothers appear together in the Wiel
Names of Poland
…became known as Małopolska, or "Lesser Poland." In Polish literature, Poland is sometimes referred to as Lechia, derived from Lech, the legendary founder of Poland. In the 17th–18th centuries, Sarmaci ("Sarmatians") was a popular name by which Polish nobles referred to themselves (see Sarmatism). The earliest…
The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavic lands of Lechia (Poland) and Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) in "Chronica Polonorum" (1506)
Lech, Czech, Rus and the White Eagle, as painted by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski (1841–1905)
Čech on Říp Mountain
Lech, Czech, and Rus oaks in Rogalin, Poland