Scalovia

Scalovia

Scalovia ( _de. Schalauen) was the area originally inhabited by the now extinct Baltic tribe of Skalvians or Scalovians ( _de. Schalauer) which according to the "Chronicon terrae Prussiae" of Peter of Dusburg lived to the south of Curonians, by the lower Memel (Nemunas) river, in the times around 1240.

The centre of Scalovia was supposed to be Ragnit (Raganita).

The origin of the name according to Prussian chronicles is derived from one of the Prussian brothers name Schalauo.

The inhabitants can be traced back to burial grounds with cremated remains and occasional graves of horses. Judging from the diggings, Scalowians are assumed to be relative to other western Balts such as Curonians and more distantly to eastern Balts such as Latvians and Lithuanians.

The territory once inhabited by Scalovian people, which had been a part of Lithuania Minor, is now divided between Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast.


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