Bavarians: Map & History
Bavarians are an ethnographic group of Germans native to Bavaria, a state in Germany.
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Bavarians are an ethnographic group of Germans native to Bavaria, a state in Germany. The group's dialect or language is known as Bavarian, native to Altbayern, roughly the territory of the historic Electorate of Bavaria in the 17th century.
Modern Countries Once Part of Bavarians
At its mapped extent, Bavarians covered territory in 3 present-day countries. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
States and Provinces
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside Bavarians's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
Bavarians in Depth
History
The Baiuvarii were the early Bavarians, who are known from records starting in the 6th century. Their name indicates a connection to the Bohemian Forest area, which had been the territory of the Boii during antiquity, although the nature of this connection is uncertain.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Bavarians (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Bavarians Map Over Time
Dated world maps on which Bavarians appears, with the other states of the time.
Bavarians Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 122,313 km² in 762 CE.
Bavarians: Frequently Asked Questions
When did Bavarians exist?
Bavarians is dated to 540 CE – 787 CE, in the Early Middle Ages era.
How large was Bavarians at its peak?
At its peak in 762 AD Bavarians covered about 122,313 km².
How did the map of Bavarians change over time?
Bavarians appears on 2 dated world maps in the atlas, from 600 CE to 750 CE. Each shows its borders in that year next to the other states of the time.
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