I have never been very patriotic to Germany, nor Baden-Württemberg. But I do feel very close to the Kurpfalz.
Geographically, the Electoral of the Palatinate centres around the towns of Heidelberg and Mannheim. For me it is more a linguistic area than a geographical one. Dialects are on the wane and are less pronounced but they still exist. I hear myself surrounded by Kurpfälzisch.
This is the current coat of arms but the Electorate dates back to the to the Holy Roman Empire, long before it became the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1512, and hence it has changed a lot over the years.
We name ships, restaurants, theatres, wines, beers, and many more things accordingly. Many town crests feature the Palatinate lion and the Bavarian white and blue fusils.
We even have our own excellencies. The wine queen and her two princesses, their titles proudly displayed on the domiciles of the sovereigns.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Surroundings
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Thank you for sharing your German surroundings with our challenge, 🙂
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Immer wieder gern 😁
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Thank you. Had to look it up! 🙂
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That was intentional 😉
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Haha, I know 😂
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It’s good to know that the local identity is still being preserved, even if somewhat in abeyance.
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Interessant. Dialekte sind ein lebendes Geschichtsbuch. Hoffentlich sterben sie nicht bald aus. Dann können Sie wohl auch das Pennsylvania Dutch verstehen ?
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Nicht alles, aber doch sehr viel. Die Aussprache ist dem Pälzischen (und auch dem Kurpälzischen) sehr ähnlich. Vieles verstehe ich aber auch, weil ich älteres Deutsch kenne (z.B. heißt der Februar im Pennsylvania Dutch Hanning. Das verstehe ich (im Kontext) weil der alte Monatsname des Februars Hornung war.
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Klingt spannend.
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👍🏽
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