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Lubavians

800 CE – 1260 CE (approx.)

Small Prussian territory around Lubawa on the border with Masovia, given to the first missionary bishop of Prussia in 1216.

Origins

The land of Lubawa lay in the south-west of Prussia, next to the Chełmno land and Masovia. Its people were Prussians, related to the neighbouring Pomesanians and Sasins, and lived in scattered settlements around strongholds.

Rule and society

Little is recorded of them. Exposed to Polish influence, some of their leaders accepted Christianity: in 1216 Prussian nobles granted the land of Lubawa to Christian, the Cistercian missionary bishop of Prussia, making it one of the first mission territories.

Decline and legacy

The area passed under the Teutonic Order during its conquest of Prussia in the 1230s and was assigned to the Bishopric of Culm, whose bishops resided at Löbau (Lubawa). The Prussian population merged with German and Polish settlers.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lubavians. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lubavians
MLA
“Lubavians.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lubavians. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Lubavians.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lubavians.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lubavians’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/lubavians (Accessed: ).

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