WebThe Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben [ˈdoːnaʊʃvaːbm̩] ()) is a collective term for the ethnic German-speaking population who lived in various countries of central-eastern Europe, especially in the Danube River valley, first in the 12th century, and in greater numbers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most were descended from earlier 18th-century …

WebSwabians (German: Schwaben, singular Schwabe) are a Germanic people who are native to the ethnocultural and linguistic region of Swabia, which is now mostly divided between the modern states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, in southwestern Germany.. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia, one of the German stem duchies, …

WebDie Staufer (früher auch Hohenstaufen genannt) waren ein Adelsgeschlecht, das vom 11. bis zum 13.Jahrhundert mehrere schwäbische Herzöge, römisch-deutsche Könige und Kaiser hervorbrachte. Der nicht zeitgenössische Name Staufer leitet sich von der Burg Hohenstaufen auf dem am Nordrand der Schwäbischen Alb bei Göppingen gelegenen …

WebSwabia was one of the original stem duchies of East Francia, the later Holy Roman Empire, as it developed in the 9th and 10th centuries.Due to the foundation of the important abbeys of St. Gallen and Reichenau, Swabia became an important center of Old High German literary culture during this period.. In the later Carolingian period, Swabia became once …

WebGerman 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 …

WebBrindisi (US: / ˈ b r ɪ n d ɪ z i, ˈ b r iː n-/ BRIN-diz-ee, BREEN-, Italian: ()) is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea.Historically, the city has played an important role in trade and culture, due to its strategic position on the Italian Peninsula and its natural port on the Adriatic Sea.

WebThe Alemanni were first mentioned by Cassius Dio describing the campaign of Caracalla in 213. At that time, they apparently dwelt in the basin of the Main, to the south of the Chatti.. Cassius Dio portrays the Alemanni as victims of this treacherous emperor. They had asked for his help, according to Dio, but instead he colonized their country, changed their place …

WebBanat is defined as the part of the Pannonian Basin bordered by the River Danube to the south, the River Tisa to the west, the River Mureș to the north, and the Southern Carpathian Mountains to the east. The total area of the region is 28,526 km 2 (11,014 sq mi). Its historical capital was Timișoara, now in Timiș County in Romania.. The territory of Banat …

WebThe Hohenstaufen dynasty (/ ˈ h oʊ ə n ʃ t aʊ f ən /, US also / ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ ʃ t aʊ f ən,-s t aʊ-/, German: [ˌhoːənˈʃtaʊfn̩]), also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254. The dynasty's most prominent rulers ...

WebDanube Swabians, including: those in the Bačka. Banat Swabians in the Serbian and Romanian Banat, as well as a handful in Bulgaria. Satu Mare Swabians in Romania, a much smaller colony as a result of the two world wars and the Communist era. most Germans of Hungary (especially Swabian Turkey). in Croatia (where it is a recognized …