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The Bructeri were a Germanic tribe located in northwestern Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 (Soester Börde), between the Lippe
Lippe River

The Lippe is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine and 255 km in length.The source is located at the edge of the Teutoburg Forest in Bad Lippspringe close to the city of Paderborn....
 and Ems rivers south of the Teutoburg Forest
Teutoburg Forest

The Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the Germany states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which was believed to be the scene of Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9....
, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
 around 100 BC through 350 AD.

They formed an alliance with the Cherusci
Cherusci

The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the northern Rhine valley and the plains and forests of northwestern Germany, in the area between present-day Osnabr?ck and Hanover), during the 1st century BC and 1st century....
, the Marsi
Marsi (Germanic)

The Marsi were a small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Rur and Lippe River rivers in northwest Germany. Tacitus mentions them repeatedly, in particular in the context of the wars of Germanicus....
, the Chatti
Chatti

The Chatti were an ancient Germanic tribes whose homeland was near the Weser. They settled in central and northern Hesse and southern Lower Saxony, along the upper reaches of the Weser river and in the valleys and mountains of the Eder, Fulda and Werra river regions, a district approximately corresponding to Hesse-Kassel, though probably so...
, Sicambri
Sicambri

The Sicambri were a Germanic people living in what is now called the Netherlands at the turn of the first millennium.Originating in the Germanic peoples-Celts contact zone , they had become Franks by the 4th century, associated with the Low Franconian Salian Franks....
, and the Chauci
Chauci

The Chauci were a populous Germanic tribes that inhabited the extreme northwestern shore of Germany between Frisia in the west and the Elbe estuary in the east....
, under the leadership of Arminius
Arminius

Arminius, also known as Armin or Hermann was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
, that defeated the Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 General Varus
Publius Quinctilius Varus

Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Ancient Rome politician and general under emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic tribes leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
 and annihilated his three legions at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD. A large bronze and granite monument to Arminius (colloquially known as "Hermann The German") was erected near Detmold in the 1800s and portrays a rather Romantic interpretation of this Germanic chieftain with a winged helmet, his short sword held aloft in victory, and a Roman Standard ground beneath his foot.

Six years later, one of the generals serving under Germanicus
Germanicus

Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus . Born in Lugdunum, Gaul , was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. At birth he was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle and received the agnomen Germanicus, by which he is principally known, in 9 BC, when...
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The Bructeri were a Germanic tribe located in northwestern Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 (Soester Börde), between the Lippe
Lippe River

The Lippe is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine and 255 km in length.The source is located at the edge of the Teutoburg Forest in Bad Lippspringe close to the city of Paderborn....
 and Ems rivers south of the Teutoburg Forest
Teutoburg Forest

The Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the Germany states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which was believed to be the scene of Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9....
, in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
 around 100 BC through 350 AD.

They formed an alliance with the Cherusci
Cherusci

The Cherusci were a Germanic tribe that inhabited parts of the northern Rhine valley and the plains and forests of northwestern Germany, in the area between present-day Osnabr?ck and Hanover), during the 1st century BC and 1st century....
, the Marsi
Marsi (Germanic)

The Marsi were a small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Rur and Lippe River rivers in northwest Germany. Tacitus mentions them repeatedly, in particular in the context of the wars of Germanicus....
, the Chatti
Chatti

The Chatti were an ancient Germanic tribes whose homeland was near the Weser. They settled in central and northern Hesse and southern Lower Saxony, along the upper reaches of the Weser river and in the valleys and mountains of the Eder, Fulda and Werra river regions, a district approximately corresponding to Hesse-Kassel, though probably so...
, Sicambri
Sicambri

The Sicambri were a Germanic people living in what is now called the Netherlands at the turn of the first millennium.Originating in the Germanic peoples-Celts contact zone , they had become Franks by the 4th century, associated with the Low Franconian Salian Franks....
, and the Chauci
Chauci

The Chauci were a populous Germanic tribes that inhabited the extreme northwestern shore of Germany between Frisia in the west and the Elbe estuary in the east....
, under the leadership of Arminius
Arminius

Arminius, also known as Armin or Hermann was a chieftain of the Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
, that defeated the Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 General Varus
Publius Quinctilius Varus

Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Ancient Rome politician and general under emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic tribes leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest....
 and annihilated his three legions at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD. A large bronze and granite monument to Arminius (colloquially known as "Hermann The German") was erected near Detmold in the 1800s and portrays a rather Romantic interpretation of this Germanic chieftain with a winged helmet, his short sword held aloft in victory, and a Roman Standard ground beneath his foot.

Six years later, one of the generals serving under Germanicus
Germanicus

Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus . Born in Lugdunum, Gaul , was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. At birth he was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle and received the agnomen Germanicus, by which he is principally known, in 9 BC, when...
, L. Stertinius defeated the Bructeri and devastated their lands. Among the booty captured by Stertinius was the eagle standard of Legio XIX
Legio XIX

Legio undevigesima was a Roman legion levied in 41 BC or 40 BC by Augustus. It was destroyed in 9 in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The emblem of the XIXth legion is unknown, but probably was the Capricorn as other legions levied by Augustus....
 that had been lost at Teutoburg Forest. Refusing to bow to Roman rule, the Bructeri in 69-70 participated in the Batavian rebellion
Batavian rebellion

The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior between 69 and 70 AD. It was an uprising against Roman rule by the Batavi and other tribes in the province and in Gaul....
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The best known of the Bructeri was their wise woman Veleda
Veleda

Veleda was a v?lva of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69 - 70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions....
, the spiritual leader of the Batavi rising; her subsequent fate is not known, but it is generally believed that she was captured by the Romans.

The Bructeri were eventually absorbed into the larger Frankish community. The best place to find archival documents and history of the tribe is Soest, Germany
Soest, Germany

Soest is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the Capital of the Soest . After Lippstadt, a neighbouring city, Soest is the second biggest city in its district....
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