• Northern Germany (German: Norddeutschland, pronounced [ˈnɔʁtdɔɪ̯tʃlant] ) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern...
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    the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed...
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    Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in...
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  • Northern Low German (Standard High German: nördliches Niederdeutsch) is a variety of Low German in Germany, distinguished from Southern Low German. There...
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    traditional German dialects, especially in Northern Germany. German Standard German Austrian Standard German Swiss Standard German In the German-speaking...
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  • written language. People in Northern Germany who spoke mainly Low Saxon dialects, which were very different from Standard German, learned it more or less...
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    Southern Germany primarily contrasts with Northern Germany and defines the territories of modern Germany that did not form part of the North German Confederation...
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    Swedish armies. George I and Frederik IV both coveted hegemony in northern Germany, while Augustus the Strong was concerned about the ambitions of Frederick...
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    High German consonant shift to a lesser degree than Upper German. It is spoken in the linguistic transition region separated from Northern Germany (Low...
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  • corresponding to the territories of modern Sweden, Norway, Denmark, northern Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. The region entered the Mesolithic around...
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    traditional German dialects, especially the Low German of Northern Germany. The variation among German dialects ranges. In regions with dialects are being...
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    northeast. Between lie the forested uplands of central Germany and the low-lying lands of northern Germany (lowest point: Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at 3.54 metres...
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    the way for the Lesser German version of German unification in the form of a federal state in Northern Germany. Construction of such state became a reality...
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  • Northern Low Saxon (in Standard High German: Nordniedersächsisch, also Nordniederdeutsch, lit. North(ern) Low Saxon/German; in Standard Dutch: Noord-Nedersaksisch)...
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    The concept of Germany as a distinct region in Central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as...
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  • Germans (German: Deutsche, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə] ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent...
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    Netherlands and had conquered Northern Germany. The Canadian forces went home following the German surrender, leaving Northern Germany to be occupied by the British...
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    2012 Northern German Football Association website (in German) accessed: 17 July 2012 North Eastern German Football Association website (in German) accessed:...
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    includes speakers of Northern Low Saxon, a recognized minority or regional language that is not considered separately from Standard German in statistics. Recognized...
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    country. About half belongs to the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) predominant in the northern regions, and the rest to several small Christian denominations...
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  • The term "Lesser Germany" (German: Kleindeutschland, pronounced [ˌklaɪ̯nˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃlant] ) or "Lesser German solution" (German: Kleindeutsche Lösung) denoted...
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    Slovakia as well). In Northern Europe, in Denmark more specifically, the traditional Danish cuisine had also been influenced by German cuisine in the past...
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  • [a] or even [æ] is a common realization of /a/ in northern German varieties influenced by Low German. /aː/ has been variously described as open central...
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    earliest evidence of Germanic culture dates to the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany and Denmark. Contact with Germanic tribes were described by various...
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    Hamburg (redirect from Hamburg, Germany)
    elsewhere in Germany, Standard German is spoken in Hamburg, but as typical for northern Germany, the original language of Hamburg is Low German, usually referred...
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  • The Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Germany (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Germaniae Septentrionalis), known for most of its existence as the Vicariate...
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    founding of many German cities, towns, and villages beginning in the 13th century. As Germans began establishing towns throughout northern Europe as early...
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    Austria from Northern Italy in the South and Savoy in the West, and the Rhine and Central Germany from Northern France, and Northern Germany from Denmark...
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    weaker but more centralized in northern Germany, southern Germany has many smaller, local breweries. Almost half of all German breweries are in Bavaria, where...
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  • German Football association, these being the Northern German Football Association, the Northeastern German Football Association, the Western German Football...
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