Ostsiedlung
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Ostsiedlung is the term for the early medieval and high medieval migration of ethnic Germans and Germanization of the areas populated by Slavic, Baltic and Uralic peoples; the most settled area is som
The division of the Carolingian Empire, Treaty of Verdun, 843
West-Slavic peoples in Europe until 1125 (yellow borders). Prussia (identified as Pruzzia) has not been a Slavic, but Baltic land.
Timber-framed house in Schöna
German eastward expansion 895–1400
The former eastern territories of Germany refer to those territories east of the current eastern border of Germany, i.e. the Oder–Neisse line, which historically had been considered German and which w
Ostsiedlung
…were driven out and deported to a reduced postwar Germany, leading to the loss of their language and culture in most affected areas. This included the German-dominated lands which Germany lost after this war where German populations had settled during the Ostsiedlung. Notable exceptions remained in parts of Eastern Austria and particularly in Eastern Germany…
Expellee memorial, showing the coat of arms of East Prussia, Danzig, West Prussia, Pomerania, Brandenburg (for East Brandenburg), Silesia, Upper Silesia, and the (originally Austrian) Sudetenland. Historically, these coats of arms did not all exist at the same time. In addition, Posen is not included.