Natangians

Natangians

Natangians (in brown) and other Prussian clans in the 13th century
Total population
Extinct in 17th–18th century
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Old Prussian, later also German
Religion
Prussian mythology (Paganism)
Related ethnic groups
Other Prussians and Balts

Natangians or Notangians (Prussian: Notangi; Polish: Natangowie; Lithuanian: Notangai; German: Natanger) was a Prussian clan, which lived in the region of Natangia, an area that is now mostly part of the Russian exclave Kaliningrad Oblast, whereas the southern portion lies in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

In the 13th century, when the Teutonic Knights began their crusade against the Prussians, some 15,000 people might have lived in the area between the Pregolya and Łyna rivers.^[1] The Natangian lands bordered with Sambia in the north, Warmia in the west and south, and Bartia in the southeast.^[2] They likely spoke a West Baltic language, now extinct, similar to Old Prussian language.