# Scalovia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scalovia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scalovia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalovia > Source revision: 1253713245 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Historical region in Prussia, now in Lithuania and Russia}} {{refimprove|date=November 2009}} '''Scalovia''' or '''Skalvia''' ({{langx|lt|Skalva}}, {{Langx|de|Sclavonia, Schalauen}}, {{Langx|pl|Skalowia}}, {{Langx|la|Sclavonia, Schlavonia}}) was the area of [Prussia](/source/Prussia_(region)) originally inhabited by the now extinct [Baltic tribe](/source/Baltic_tribe) of [Skalvians](/source/Skalvians) or Scalovians which according to the ''[Chronicon terrae Prussiae](/source/Chronicon_terrae_Prussiae)'' of [Peter of Dusburg](/source/Peter_of_Dusburg) lived to the south of the [Curonians](/source/Curonians), by the lower [Nemunas](/source/Nemunas) river, in the times around 1240. [Jodocus Hondius](/source/Jodocus_Hondius) mentions in 1641 that in "Sclavonia liegen Ragneta, Tilsa, Renum, Liccovia, Salavia, Labia, Tapia, Vintburg, Christader, Bayria, Cestia, Norbeitia, Bensdorff / Angenburg und Dringofordt" [Jodocus Hondius](/source/Jodocus_Hondius), ''Atlas Minor'', :114 The centre of Scalovia was supposed to be [Ragnit](/source/Ragnit) (Ragneta)(Raganita)(Rogneta) and in the west it bordered the [Curonian Lagoon](/source/Curonian_Lagoon) as far as the town of Russ and with [Samogitia](/source/Samogitia) up north and with [Nadrovia](/source/Nadrovia) in the south. The origin of the name according to Prussian chronicles is derived from one of the Prussian brothers name Schalauo and resembles the name of the town Salavia. The inhabitants can be traced back to burial grounds with cremated remains and occasional graves of horses. Judging from the diggings, Scalovians are assumed to be relative to other western Balts such as Curonians and more distantly to eastern Balts such as Latvians and Lithuanians. The territory once inhabited by Scalovian or Schlavone people (Andreas Cellarius, 1652:132), which had been a part of [Lithuania Minor](/source/Lithuania_Minor), was at various times under Polish, Lithuanian, and German rule. It is now divided between [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania) and [Kaliningrad Oblast](/source/Kaliningrad_Oblast). ==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|55|10|N|21|30|E|region:LT_type:adm1st|display=title}} Category:Historical regions in Lithuania Category:Subdivisions of Prussia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Scalovia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalovia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalovia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.