# Glomatians

The Glomacze or Daleminzi (Polish: Głomacze or Gołomacze, German: Daleminzier), were a West Slavic tribe of Polabian Slavs inhabiting areas in the middle Elbe (Łaba) valley. According to early 11th century chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg, they were called as Daleminzi by the Germans, and as Glomacze by the Slavs.

## Etymology

Scholars found similarity and often considered to be evidence of Slavic north-south migration the Polabian ethnonym of Glomacze and high medieval South Slavic noble tribe Glamočani/Dlamozani and toponym Glamoč in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## History

In the mid-9th century the Bavarian Geographer located a Talaminzi (Dala-Daleminzi) settlement area with 14 civitates east of the Sorbs, while according to Alfred the Great's Geography of Europe (888–893) relying on Orosius, "to the north-east of the Moravians are the Dalamensae; east of the Dalamensians are the Horithi, and north of the Dalamensians are the Servians". Scholars often consider them as part of the core Sorbian tribes, but "it is not clear whether they were independent of the Sorbs, subject to them or part of the Sorbic confederation".
The first known account about the Glomacze is from 805 when they were raided by the troops of Frankish king Charles the Younger on his way to Bohemia. In 856, Daleminzi were defeated in battle, some taken hostages, and "made to pay tribute" by king Louis the German who was aided by Sorbian forces. After the Viking raids in the Rhineland against the Saxons in 880, joint forces of the Sorbs, Daleminzi, Bohemians and other near tribes attacked the Slavs around Saale river "faithful to the Thuringians with plunder and burning. Count Poppo, dux of the Sorbian march, came against them with the Thuringians, and with God's help so defeated them that not one out of a great multitude remained".
In the early 10th century, Widukind of Corvey reported, Glomacze long fought against German duke Otto the Illustrious, but not withstanding the attack of his son and new king Henry the Fowler, were responsible in calling the Hungarians fighting against the king. Led by the Slavs, the first army of Hungarians made much waste in Saxony, using the land of Dalamantia as resting place, where waited them second Hungarian army and then ravaged for a second time. After king Henry arranged peace with Hungarians in c. 924, started to prepare for the conquest of the tribe, which started in early 929 who seized and destroyed their main castle called Gana at the 20-day siege of Gana (located near present-day Hof/Stauchitz), exterminated the defenders and had a fortress erected on the hill of Meissen (Mišno). They were made tributaries. Their settlement area was incorporated into the large Saxon Marca Geronis and in 965 became part of the Margraviate of Meissen.

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