Wendland
Throughout history, there has been different usage of the term (
ON.)
Wendland,
Vendland,
Ventheland or (
Lat.)
Vandalia. The
Latinized form is usually associated with the germanic tribe
Vandals, although Wendland or Vandalia is the land inhabited by the
Wends (today considered to be a Slavic people). The most common
interpretations:# The region inhabited by
West Slavic groups, corresponding to North-Eastern Germany.# The region
Lüchow-Dannenberg including the former
micronation de:Republik_Freies_Wendland.# According to the Finnish historian
Matti Klinge, an earlier name for
Finland, especially
Finland Proper. This theory has few supporters, and is based on an interpretion of old maps, some of which place Wendland in the far north or
European Russia, and term
Gulf of Finland as 'Mare Vendicus'.
*
Heinrich Wendland, Austrian botanist
*
Hermann Wendland (
H.Wendl.)
*
Paul Wendland*
Robert Wendland, subject of an American court case concerning
right to life vs.
right to die
