More Notes on Prussia

Kashubians(Cassubians)are Lechtic language speakers who live on the Baltic coast between the Vistula and Oder rivers. The Cassubian language was spoken in Pomeranian. Pomeranian is a Lechtic language which is a west Slavic language that has been called Old Prussian. If I understood it better I could write it more clearly.



People in the Pomeranian are became Christian during the High Middle Ages. They were ruled by the house of Pomerania(Griffins) and the Samborides. Denmark, Poland, the Holy Roman Empire, and, to a somewhat lesser degree, Sweden, were early political neighbors of these Pomeranian Prussians.


The House of Pomeranian(Greifen, Griffins) may have been Polish. Casmir or Kasimir II probably reigned in Pomerania in 1194 AD. Casmir was the son of Bogislaw, a Pole from close to the boarder with Germany. He was probably directly to Wartislaw I, who was the first historical ruler of Pomerania and founder of the Griffin dynasty. Wartislaw was born about 1140.


Jablon has been claimed by Poland and Germany, but is Prussian.

What's A Prussian?

 I imagine that in recent years Prussians have felt a renewed spirit of unity. Once they traded and fought with Romans, viking Northmen, and Swedes with dignity. For a time they found it difficult to maintain their independence in the face of German, Pole, Lithuanian, and Russian incursions. At other times they found support from Lithuanians and learned a bit from Poles and Germans. They have found it difficult to love Russians, but very likely share some Slavic cousins with them.


For a time, being named by Romans disturbed their identity. Later their identity was disturbed by being tools and creators of the German state.


They are a people of the Baltic. It doesn't seem wrong to call a Prussian a Balt.


If you can find northwest Europe on your map, you can probably find the Baltic Sea. I think the people on the eastern shore of that sea may have been termed West Balts. I don't know why. Anyway if you are walking a beach of that eastern shore, look down, you may spot a nice little hunk of amber. There have probably been Prussians along that shore since before there were Romans in Rome.


The Prussian language, like other languages has changed over time. Some languages have disappeared with time. Prussian has come close to disappearing, but it has not. The old Baltic language is one of the oldest in Europe.


How close have my imaginings come to the facts. Tell me where I seem  to be closest to the facts and where I have been farthest from them.