In the mid-9th century the
Bavarian Geographer located a
Talaminzi (
Dala-Daleminzi) settlement area with 14
civitates east of the
Sorbs, while according to
Alfred the Great's
Geography of Europe (888–893) relying on
Orosius, "
to the north-east of the Moravians are the Dalamensae; east of the Dalamensians are the Horithi, and north of the Dalamensians are the Servians". Scholars often consider them as part of the core Sorbian tribes, but "it is not clear whether they were independent of the Sorbs, subject to them or part of the Sorbic confederation". The first known account about the Glomatians is from 805, when they were raided by the
Saxon troops of
Frankish king
Charles the Younger on his way to
Bohemia. The primary source for those events it the
Chronicle of Moissac, that narrates the course and outcome of Frankish campaigns against Daleminzi, noting that their ruler Semil was subjugated and obligated to send two sons as hostages (). In 856, Daleminzi were defeated in battle, some taken hostages, and "made to pay tribute" by king
Louis the German who was aided by Sorbian forces. After the
Viking raids in the Rhineland against the Saxons in 880, joint forces of the Sorbs, Daleminzi, Bohemians and other near tribes attacked the Slavs around Saale river "faithful to the Thuringians with plunder and burning. Count
Poppo, dux of the Sorbian march, came against them with the Thuringians, and with God's help so defeated them that not one out of a great multitude remained". In the early 10th century,
Widukind of Corvey reported, Glomatians long fought against German duke
Otto the Illustrious, but not withstanding the attack of his son and new king
Henry the Fowler, were responsible in calling the
Hungarians fighting against the king. Led by the Slavs, the first army of Hungarians made much waste in Saxony, using the land of
Dalamantia as resting place, where waited them second Hungarian army and then ravaged for a second time. After king Henry arranged peace with Hungarians in c. 924, he started to prepare for the conquest of the tribe, which started in early 929. The king seized and destroyed their main castle called Gana at the 20-day
siege of Gana (located near present-day Hof/
Stauchitz), exterminated the defenders and had a fortress erected on the hill of
Meissen (
Mišno), making the subdued tribes his tributaries. Their settlement area was incorporated into the large Saxon
Marca Geronis and in 965 became part of the
Margraviate of Meissen. ==References==