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The Balaton Principality (also called Pannonia, Lower Pannonia, Pannonian Principality, Transdanubian Principality or Slavic Pannonian State, 839/840-876) was a Slavic principality (duchy) located in the western part of the Pannonian plain
Pannonian Plain

The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphology subsystem of the Alpide belt....
, between the rivers Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 to its east (temporary also included territory in the east of the Danube), Drava
Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It begins in Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary, before it joins the Danube near Osijek....
 to the south (temporary also included territory in the south of the Drava), Graz
Graz

Graz , with a population of around 290,000 as of 2008 , is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria ....
 to the west, and Koszeg
Koszeg

Koszeg is a town in Vas county, Hungary. The town is famous for its historical character....
 or Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg

Klosterneuburg is a city in Lower Austria, Austria with a population of 24,442.It is located on the Danube, immediately north of Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and the Leopoldsberg....
 to the north (except for the territory between the Rába
Rába

The R?ba is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a tributary of the Danube. Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur....
 river, the Balaton
Balaton

Places and things commonly known as Balaton include:* Lake Balaton - The largest lake in Central Europe, located in Hungary* Balaton — a make of car...
 and modern Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
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lovak, the principality is known as Blatenské kniežatstvo, in Serbian and Croatian as Panonsko Kneževstvo (???????? ??????????), in Hungarian as Balatoni Fejedelemség and at Koppany time Somogy country, and in Slovenian as Spódnja Panónija.

All the above names are modern names, because no name has been preserved from that time.






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Balaton Principality
The Balaton Principality (also called Pannonia, Lower Pannonia, Pannonian Principality, Transdanubian Principality or Slavic Pannonian State, 839/840-876) was a Slavic principality (duchy) located in the western part of the Pannonian plain
Pannonian Plain

The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphology subsystem of the Alpide belt....
, between the rivers Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
 to its east (temporary also included territory in the east of the Danube), Drava
Drava

Drava or Drave is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It begins in Dobbiaco, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into Slovenia , and then southeast, passing through Croatia and forming most of the border between Croatia and Hungary, before it joins the Danube near Osijek....
 to the south (temporary also included territory in the south of the Drava), Graz
Graz

Graz , with a population of around 290,000 as of 2008 , is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria ....
 to the west, and Koszeg
Koszeg

Koszeg is a town in Vas county, Hungary. The town is famous for its historical character....
 or Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg

Klosterneuburg is a city in Lower Austria, Austria with a population of 24,442.It is located on the Danube, immediately north of Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and the Leopoldsberg....
 to the north (except for the territory between the Rába
Rába

The R?ba is a river in southeastern Austria and western Hungary and a tributary of the Danube. Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur....
 river, the Balaton
Balaton

Places and things commonly known as Balaton include:* Lake Balaton - The largest lake in Central Europe, located in Hungary* Balaton — a make of car...
 and modern Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
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Name

In Slovak, the principality is known as Blatenské kniežatstvo, in Serbian and Croatian as Panonsko Kneževstvo (???????? ??????????), in Hungarian as Balatoni Fejedelemség and at Koppany time Somogy country, and in Slovenian as Spódnja Panónija.

All the above names are modern names, because no name has been preserved from that time. The name "Balaton" is the Hungarian
Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
 form of the original Slavic name - Blatno ("muddy") or a similar form - for that lake. Frankish sources usually called the territory either simply "Pannonia" or identified it by the name of the then ruler of the principality.

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