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Silesian German

NameLower Silesian language
NativenameSchläsche Sproache
FamilycolorIndo-European
StatesPoland, Czech Republic, Germany
RegionLower Silesia. Also spoken in Czech Republic, eastern Germany.
Speakers22,900  
Fam1Indo-European
Fam2Germanic
Fam3West Germanic
Fam4High German
Fam5Central German
Fam6East Central German
Iso3sli

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Lower Silesian language or simply Silesian (Lower Silesian: Schläsch/Schläsche Sproache, ), is a German dialect/language spoken in Lower Silesia. Today, the area is mainly in southwestern Poland, but as well as in northeastern Czech Republic and in eastern Germany. The group of dialects is nearly extinct.

This language is not to be confused with the Slavic Silesian language, a language spoken today by some of the inhabitants of Polish and Czech part of Upper Silesia.The German Silesian is part of the East Central German language area with some West Slavic influences. After the expulsion of the Germans from Silesia, German Silesian culture and language nearly died out when most of Silesia became part of Poland in 1945. After World War II, Polish authorities banned the use of the German language altogether .

Silesian German Video

1. Erinnerung (Recollections); 2. Vergangenheit (The Past); 3. Zu spät (nach Lenau) (Too late!) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conrad Ansorge (1862-1930) was a Silesian pianist, and one of the last pupils of Liszt, whose music he later championed. He taught for some years at the Klindworth-Scharwenka conservatory in Berlin, and after WW1 taught in Prague. These pieces might well appeal to anyone who likes the songs of Hugo Wolf and wishes that he had written more piano music, for the piano writing is quite similar. The title of the last piece derives from a line ('Für die Toten ists zu spät') in an extremely gloomy 1831 poem by Nikolaus Lenau (1802-50) - 'Die Selbsmord' (The Suicide) in which, if UI understand the German correctly, the feelings of the victim are compared to a storm-wrecked ship. It is hardly surprising that the piece reminds one of the Dutchman's aria from Wagner's 'Der fliegende Holländer' Ansorge evidently had some bad dreams! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear www.psear.co.uk
11.00 min. | 4.69 user rating		 *** Stara synagoga, mieszczÄca siÄ przy ul. Szpitalnej, sÅużyÅa żydom opolskim od 1841 i po póŠwieku staÅa siÄ już wyraźnie za maÅa. W 1893 gmina żydowska zakupiÅa dziaÅkÄ po garbarni przy Hafenstrasse, dziÅ ul. Piastowska. Budowa zaczÄÅa siÄ w kwietniu 1894 r. i w...
3.92 min. | 5.0 user rating		 That's a video about the war that happened in my channel weeks ago between the youtube users PIOTRSTB , GurnySlunzok, KryzySS, RaelSapiens, Zynio26, and myself. Maybe sometimes can give you error. To jest film o wojnie, co wydarzyÅo siÄ w moim tygodni temu kanaÅ pomiÄdzy użytkownikami YouTube PIOTRSTB, GurnySlunzok, KryzySS, RaelSapiens, Zynio26 i ja. Das ist ein Video über den Krieg, die in meinem Kanal wochen zwischen den YouTube-Nutzern PIOTRSTB, GurnySlunzok, KryzySS, RaelSapiens, Zynio26 und mir passiert ist. Video sobre la guerra succeída al meu canal fa unes quantes setmanetes per part dels usuaris que he esmentat abans.
7.20 min. | 1.0 user rating

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QE2: History Lessons From Germany - TheStreet.com Tweet this news
TheStreet.com---...- of a truncated country (the Treaty of Versailles had cost a defeated -Germany- all her colonies, Alsace-Lorraine and the industries of Upper -Silesia-), ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:18:39 GMT+00:00
Buzek receives Wroclaw University honorary doctorate - thenews.pl Tweet this news
thenews.pl--“It is worth coming here to see how Wroclaw and Lower -Silesia- have been developing. You are among the fastest growing regions of Poland,” he said. ... - Date : Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:37:43 GMT+00:00
Severstallat enters new markets, expands product range - Steel Business Briefing (subscription) Tweet this news
Steel Business Briefing (subscription)--Latvian service centre Severstallat and its Polish welded pipe plant Severstallat -Silesia- together processed over 22000 tonnes of steel in September, ... - Date : Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:07:40 GMT+00:00
Polish composer of 'Sorrowful Songs' Gorecki dies, aged 76 - Deutsche Welle Tweet this news
Deutsche Welle--The work is divided into three movements and takes its inspiration from a 15th century religious lamentation, a -Silesian- folksong about a woman looking for ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:48:07 GMT+00:00
You are here: Home News German News Flooding cuts power to over 2000 homes in ... - Expatica Germany Tweet this news
Expatica Germany--A flood crest on the Neisse river surged north Monday, along the Polish--German- border. "This wave has become longer, lessening the danger of flooding," even ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:06:14 GMT+00:00
Kevin Myers: Seventy years on and the soundtrack to the summer of 1940 is ... - Irish Independent Tweet this news
Irish Independent--'Nightingale' was written by the American Manning Sherwin and Eric Maschitz, who was of -German---Silesian- extraction. 'A Foggy Day' was written by George and ... - Date : Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:43:21 GMT+00:00
Who are you calling Teutonic? How Podolski became the face of melting-pot Germany - Independent Tweet this news
Independent--Born in industrial -Silesia-, he was two when his parents left for Bergheim, near Cologne. With a left foot that could break a dam from 50 yards, ... - Date : Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:01:45 GMT+00:00

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History
Offensives * Uprisings * Wars * Upper Silesia plebiscite * Treaty of Dresden * Treaty of Teschen * Book of Henryków * Battle of Głogów * Battle of Legnica * more
Symbols
Coat of arms * Flag * Unofficial Anthems: Schlesien Unvergessene Heimat * Schlesierlied * Slezská hymna
Economy
Tourism * Upper Silesian Coal Basin (with: Upper Silesian Industrial Region * Rybnik Coal Area * Ostrava-Karviná Coal Area) * Lower Silesian Coal Basin * Legnicko-Głogowski Okręg Miedziowy * Bielski Okręg Przemysłowy * Silesian metropolitan area * Katowice urban area
Cuisine
Silesian dumplings * Black noodles * Makówki * Siemieniotka * Żur śląski * Wodzionka * Szałot * Kreple * Kołocz * Galert * Krupniok * Karminadle * Bryja * Moczka * Modra kapusta * Ciapkapusta * Hauskyjza
Languages
Silesian (Cieszyn Silesian dialect * Lach Silesian dialect * Niemodlin Silesian dialect * Bytom Silesian dialect * Jabłonków Silesian dialect * Namysłów Silesian dialect * Prudnik Silesian dialect * Opole Silesian dialect * Syców Silesian dialect * Lower Silesian dialect * Sulkovian Silesian dialect * Texas Silesian) * German * Polish * Czech * Lower Silesian
Administrative
divisions
FormerDuchies (Piasts * Dukes) * Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship (Parliament * Treasury * Politicians) * State country * Province of Silesia * Upper Silesia * Lower Silesia * Sudetenland * New Silesia * Austrian Silesia * Eastern Silesia
PresentSilesian * Opole * Lower Silesian * Lubusz Voivodeships * Silesian-Moravian Region * Jeseník District * part of Saxony and Brandenburg (mainly in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis/Görlitz (district))
Geography
MountainsCarpathian (Silesian * Moravian-Silesian Beskids) * Sudetes (Eastern * Central * Western)
Rivers
OderBóbr * Kłodnica * Liswarta * Nysa Kłodzka * Olza * Ślęza * Kaczawa * Kwisa * Barycz * Mała Panew
VistulaBiała * Brynica * Przemsza * Rawa * Pszczynka * Gostynia
ElbeJizera * Divoká Orlice * Úpa
Other
Silesians * Silesian National costume (Śląski strój ludowy) * Silesian Autonomy Movement * Landsmannschaft Schlesien * Silesian architecture * Silesia national football team * Silesian Stadium * Silesian Football Association * Silesian-Moravian Football League * Silesian (European Parliament constituency) * Lower Silesian and Opole (European Parliament constituency) * Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia * Silesian Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession * Familok | |belowstyle=background:linen;



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