Alemanni

group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family

thumb|upright=1.6|Area settled by the Alemanni, and sites of Roman–Alemannic battles, 3rd to 6th centuries

Alamannia, or Alemania, was the kingdom established and inhabited by the Alemanni, a Germanic tribal confederation that had broken through the Roman limes in 213.

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thumb|right|Memorial stone from Augsburg The Juthungi (, ) were a Germanic tribe in the region north of the rivers Danube and Altmühl in what is now the modern German state of Bavaria.

thumb|Sign of the Bucinobantes on the shields of the ancient Roman army The Bucinobantes (German: Bucinobanten) were an Alemannic tribe in the region of the modern city of Mainz on the river Main.

The Lentienses (German Lentienser) were a 4th-century Germanic tribe associated with the Alemanni, in the region between the river Danube in the North, the river Iller in the East, and Lake Constance in the South, in what is now southern Germany. They were reported to be one of the most rebellious tribes at the time. There are only two mentions of the Lentienses, both by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (330–395).

early medieval law code of the Alamanni

The Brisigavi or Brisgavi were a Germanic tribe dwelling in the southern region of the Black Forest, in south Germany, during the 5th century AD.

The Armalausi (or Armilausini) were an obscure Germanic tribe of late antiquity. Their name means "those who wear the armilausa", a type of shirt open at the front and back but connected at the shoulders.

Military campaigns

Carnival folkways of southwestern Germany, north-central Switzerland, Alsace (France) and Vorarlberg (Austria)

7th-century brooch

The Raetovari (or Raetobari, , ) were an Alamannic tribe in the region of the Nördlinger Ries in the west of the German state of Bavaria. They lived in the upper Danube region. They were mentioned by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (330–395).