For reasons not cited in the sources, the Burgundians were granted foederati status a second time, and in 443 were resettled by Aëtius in the region of Maxima Sequanorum. The Burgundians expanded their realm south into Sapaudia, which corresponds to the modern-day Savoy, and Burgundians probably even lived near Lugdunum, known today as Lyon. A new …

Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of the German stem duchies, representing the territory of Alemannia, whose inhabitants interchangeably were called Alemanni or Suebi.. This territory would include all of the Alemannic German area, but the modern …

Gothic and Alemannic wars 235 – Battle at the Harzhorn - Roman army under Emperor Maximinus Thrax defeats a German army while withdrawing back to Roman territory. 250 – Battle of Philippopolis – King Cniva of the Goths defeats a Roman army. 251, Summer – Battle of Abrittus – Goths defeat and kill the Roman Emperors Decius 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 the Benrath line are dominated by the geographical spread of the High German consonant shift, and the dialect continuum that connects German to the neighboring varieties of Low Franconian and Frisian.

Germans (German: Deutsche, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə] ()) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, and sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The constitution of Germany defines a German as a German citizen. During the 19th and much of the 20th century, discussions on German identity were dominated by …

Pre-Roman Alsace. By 1500 BC, [citation needed] Celts began to settle in Alsace, clearing and cultivating the land. Alsace is a plain surrounded by the Vosges mountains (west) and the Black Forest mountains (east). It creates Foehn winds which, along with natural irrigation, contributes to the fertility of the soil. In a world of agriculture, Alsace has always been a rich region which …

Lotharingia (Latin: regnum Lotharii, regnum Lothariense, Lotharingia; French: Lotharingie; German: Reich des Lothar, Lotharingien, Mittelreich; Dutch: Lotharingen) was a short-lived medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire.As a more durable later duchy of the Ottonian Empire, it comprised present-day Lorraine (France), Luxembourg, Saarland …

Rudolf I (1 May 1218 – 15 July 1291) was the first King of Germany from the House of Habsburg.The first of the count-kings of Germany, he reigned from 1273 until his death.. Rudolf's election marked the end of the Great Interregnum which had begun after the death of the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II in 1250. Originally a Swabian count, he was the first …

Alsace (/ æ l ˈ s æ s /, US also / æ l ˈ s eɪ s, ˈ æ l s æ s /; French: (); Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss; German: Elsass (); Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had a population of 1,898,533. Alsatian culture is characterized by a …

Corporate author : UNESCO. Director-General, 2009-2017 (Bokova, I.G.). writer of preface Person as author : Moseley, Christopher Person as author : Nicolas, Alexandre