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Southern GermanyMunich in Bavaria, Germany, the most-populous city in Southern Germany with over 1.3 million residents as of 2010Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany, the second-most populous city in Southern Germany with over 679,000 residents as of 2010
Southern Germany (German: Süddeutschland, pronounced[ˈzyːtˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃlant]ⓘ) is a region of Germany that included the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken, which includes the stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia in present-day Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and the southern portion of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate that were part of the Duchy of Franconia.
German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol are also historically, culturally, and linguistically associated with the region.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, emigrants from Southern Germany, known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, were among the first settlers of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania and other influential population centers in present-day United States.
SouthernGermany (German: Süddeutschland, pronounced [ˈzyːtˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃlant] ) is a region of Germany that included the areas in which Upper German dialects...
Hamburg and Bremen. It contrasts with SouthernGermany, Western Germany and Eastern Germany. Northern Germany generally refers to the Sprachraum area...
Limes Germanicus), occupying most of modern Germany. However, Baden-Württemberg, southern Bavaria, southern Hesse and the western Rhineland had been incorporated...
spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southernGermany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and eastern Belgium...
The German Instrument of Surrender was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, and...
German dialects are the various traditional local varieties of the German language. Though varied by region, those of the southern half of Germany beneath...
(Low German/Low Franconian) by the Benrath line isogloss and separated from SouthernGermany (Upper German) by the Speyer line. Central German is spoken...
Austria. Another option was to create a new standard based on the SouthernGerman dialects, as proposed by the linguist Johann Siegmund Popowitsch. Instead...
Germans (German: Deutsche, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə] ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent...
political change with variations from region to region. The southern regions of Germany, including Bavaria and neighbouring Swabia, as well as the neighbouring...
of Thorn. The Southern Netherlands comprised most of modern-day Belgium and Luxembourg, small parts of the modern Netherlands and Germany (the Upper Guelders...
Luxembourg). SouthernGerman regions, such as Bavaria and Swabia, share dishes with Austrian cuisine and parts of Swiss cuisine as well. The German cuisine...
situations. In Central Germany (the Middle German area) there is a tendency towards dialect loss. In SouthernGermany (the Upper German area) dialects are...
de facto holiday in some towns and cities in Catholic western and southernGermany which have a strong Carnival tradition. Also, Christmas Eve is developing...
spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southernGermany, Central Europe and Russia. It also came to influence other arts, particularly...
deeper into Germany. This increased the importance of the southern offensives across the Rhine. Also focusing Eisenhower's attention on the southern drive was...
Republic. The Alps on the southern border are the highest mountains, but relatively little Alpine terrain lies within Germany (in southeastern Swabia and...
The term "Lesser Germany" (German: Kleindeutschland, pronounced [ˌklaɪ̯nˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃlant] ) or "Lesser German solution" (German: Kleindeutsche Lösung) denoted...
team hits the German fans". www.svz.de. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2021. SouthernGerman Football Association website (in German) accessed:...
churches. About half of Christians in Germany are Catholics, mostly Roman Catholics; Catholicism is stronger in the southern and the western part of the country...
The SouthernGerman football championship (German: Süddeutsche Meisterschaft) was the highest association football competition in the southernGermany, established...
superior SouthernGerman Football Association, runs the Regionalliga Bayern, by far the largest single state football association in Germany. As an exception...
High German spoken in the southern uplands and the Alps (including Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and parts of northern Italy as well as southern Germany)...
Southern Low German (südliches Niederdeutsch) is a variety of Low German in Germany. Its varieties in Germany are divided into Westphalian and Eastphalian...
early 2010s, Germany played a critical role in trying to resolve the escalating euro crisis, especially concerning Greece and other Southern European nations...
states were mainly only those in Northern and Central Germany. Austria and the southernGerman states Württemberg and Bavaria forced Prussia to give up...
compared to East Germany. In addition, SouthernGermany has a history of strong Roman Catholic influence. The traditional role of women in German society was...
Legoland Deutschland Resort is a Legoland park located in Günzburg in southernGermany, roughly halfway from Munich to Stuttgart, which opened in 2002. It...
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