They lived in Nadruvia (alternative spellings include: Nadruva, Nadrowite, Nadrovia, Nadrauen, Nadravia, Nadrow and Nadra), a large territory in northernmost Prussia.

They bordered the Skalvians on the Neman (Nemunas) River just to the north, the Sudovians to the east, and other Prussian tribes to the south and west.

[1] As the northernmost clan, Nadruvians were conquered last by the Teutonic Knights, a German crusading military order.

In 1230 the Knights set up their base in the Chełmno Land in Poland and proceeded to conquer all pagans and convert them to Christianity.

[5] Another variant of the name is Netherland what corresponds to the Lithuanian suffix -uva meaning land as also in Lietuva - Lithuania and German Letland - Latvia.

The root nether corresponds to Lithuanian Žemaitija - Samogitia, which translates as Lowland and was a neighbouring land of Nadrovia.