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- noun historical A
tribe of thePolabian Slavs , who settled around the middleHavel river in the present-day Havelland region ofBrandenburg in easternGermany from the 8th century onwards.
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Hevelli under his power, placed the Slavic races as far as the Oder under tribute, and to further the work of their conversion founded the dioceses of Havelberg and Brandenburg (948), which in 968 were placed under the recently founded Archdiocese of Magdeburg.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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