Wends
the name of a section of the Slavonic race, now dwelling mostly in that part of Germany known as Lusatia, partly in Prussia, partly in the kingdom of Saxony. In the 6th century the Wends were a powerful people, extending along the Baltic, from the Elbe to the Vistula, and S. to the frontiers of Bohemia. They comprised a variety of tribes. The favorite occupation of the Wends was, and still is, agriculture.
There are several dialects of the Wend language still extant.
WENER (vā'ner), the largest lake of Sweden, and after those of Ladoga and Onega the largest in Europe; situated in the S. W. of the kingdom. It is 147 feet above sea-level, and of very irregular shape. Its greatest length, N. E. to S.
W., is about 100 miles; and its breadth may average about 30 miles; area, 2,306 square miles. Its chief feeder is the Klar. By a canal it communicates with Lake Wetter, but its only proper outlet is at its S. W. extremity, where its superfluous waters are received by the river Gotha. In winter it is frozen for several months, and crossed by sledges. abounds with fish.
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