Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Farkon tafiye-tafiye da suka shafi kusan yankin da zai zama Austria da Slovenia sune Avar Maris da kuma kusa da Maris na (daga baya Maris na Carinthia) a kudu. Dukansu an kafa su ne a ƙarshen ƙarni na 8 ta Charlemagne a kan haɗakar yankin Agilolfing dukes na Bavaria akan mamayewar Avars. Lokacin da Avars suka ɓace a cikin 820s, an maye gurbin su da yawa daga Yammacin Slavs, waɗanda suka zauna a nan cikin jihar Great Moravia. An raba Maris na Pannonia daga Duchy na Friuli a cikin 828 kuma an kafa shi azaman tafiya a kan Moravia a cikin Gabashin Frankish na Bavaria. Wadannan tafiya, an riga an kira, daidai da iyaka tare da Danube daga Traungau zuwa kogin ciki har da kwarin Vienna. A cikin 890s, tafiyar Pannonian kamar ta ɓace, tare da barazanar daga Great Moravia, yayin mamayewar Hungary na Turai. Bayan nasarar Margrave Luitpold na Bavaria a cikin 907 Battle of Pressburg
, duk ƙasashen gabashin Frankish da ke bayan kogin Enns sun ɓace.