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This article is about the region of Germany; for the Soda Fountain & Hollywood pharmacy see Schwab's Drug Store. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Schwab's Drug Store, formerly located at 8024 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood California, was the meeting place of Movie actors and dealmakers from the 1930s
Germany, showing modern borders. Light blue region is state of Baden-Württemberg. To the east of B-W is state of Bavaria, with Swabia administrative region in pink. Swabia is a region, rather than a political entity, so well-defined borders do not exist.
Germany, showing modern borders. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Light blue region is state of Baden-Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. To the east of B-W is state of Bavaria, with Swabia administrative region in pink. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Swabia ( German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in southwest Bavaria Swabia is a region, rather than a political entity, so well-defined borders do not exist.

Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia (German: Schwaben or Schwabenland) is both a historic and linguistic (see Swabian German) region in Germany. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Swabian ( Schwäbisch) is one of the Alemannic dialects of High German, spoken in the region of Swabia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-Württemberg (specifically, historical Württemberg and the Hohenzollerische Lande), as well as the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany. Hohenzollern ( Hohenzollernsche Lande in full was a de facto province of the Kingdom of Prussia. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Swabia ( German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in southwest Bavaria In the Middle Ages, Baden, Vorarlberg, the modern principality of Liechtenstein, modern German-speaking Switzerland, and Alsace (now belonging to France) were also considered to be a part of Swabia. Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. Vorarlberg is the westernmost state ( Land) of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area ( Vienna is the smallest it borders The Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein) is a tiny doubly landlocked Alpine country in Western Europe, bordered by Switzerland Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

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History

Suebi

Europe in 400 AD, showing the Suevi in Swabia and their neighbors.
Europe in 400 AD, showing the Suevi in Swabia and their neighbors.

2000 years ago, the Suebi or Suevi were an Elbe Germanic people whose origin was near the Baltic Sea, which was thus known to the Romans as the Mare Suebicum (today, the term "Swabian Sea" is applied to Lake Constance). The Suebi or Suevi (from Proto-Germanic * swēbaz based on the Proto-Germanic root * swē- meaning "one's own" The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European -speaking peoples originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. Under the designation Lake Constance or Lake of Constance ( German Bodensee) one summarizes the three independent bodies of water Obersee They migrated to the southwest, becoming part of the Alamannic confederacy. The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany The Alamanni were ruled by independent kings throughout the 4th and 5th centuries. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. Also, a number of Suevi (20. 000-50. 000[1]) reached the Iberian Peninsula under king Hermeric and established an independent kingdom in 410 what is now northern Portugal, Galicia, and western regions of Asturias and most of León (in northwest Spain). The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra Hermeric (died 441 was the Suevic King of Galicia from perhaps as early as 406 and certainly no later than 419 until his retirement in 438 Events By place Western Roman Empire Alaric I deposes Priscus Attalus as Emperor. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. The Principality of Asturias ( Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It endured until 585. Events By Place Europe The Suebi kingdom on the Iberian peninsula is conquered by the Visigoths under King Its political center was Braccara Augusta (present-day Braga, Portugal). Braga (ˈBrag-uh a city and municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the district of Braga, the oldest archdiocese

Duchy of Swabia

Main article: Alamannia

Swabia became a duchy under the Frankish Empire in 496, following the Battle of Tolbiac. Alamannia or Alemannia was the territory inhabited by the Alamanni after they broke through the Roman limes in 213 Francia or Frankia, later also called the Frankish Empire (imperium Francorum Frankish Kingdom (Latin regnum Francorum, "Kingdom of the Events By Place Europe Battle of Tolbiac: Clovis I defeats the Alamanni, and is baptized into the Catholic The Battle of Tolbiac was fought between the Franks under Clovis I and the Alamanni, traditionally set in 496. Swabia was one of the original stem duchies of East Francia, the later Holy Roman Empire, as it developed in the 9th and 10th centuries. Stem duchies (from the German Stammesherzogtum, literally "tribal duchy" were associated with the Frankish Kingdom, especially the East East ( ern) Francia ( Regnum Francorum orientalium) known variously as Francia Orientalis or the Kingdom of the East Franks, was the The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The Hohenstaufen dynasty (the dynasty of Frederick Barbarossa), which ruled the Holy Roman Empire in the 12th and 13th centuries, arose out of Swabia, but following the execution of Conradin, the last Hohenstaufen, on October 29, 1268, the original duchy gradually broke up into many smaller units. A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Conradin is also a character in the short story Sredni Vashtar. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II

Holy Roman Empire

The major dynasty which arose out of the region were the Habsburgs, but also the Hohenzollerns, who rose to prominence in Northern Germany, stem from Swabia, as well as the dynasties of the Dukes of Württemberg and the Margraves of Baden. Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany. Margrave (marchio is the English and French form (recorded since 1551 of the German Title Markgraf (from Mark " Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. Smaller feudal dynasties eventually disappeared; however, for example, branches of the Montforts and Hohenems lived until modern age and the Fürstenberg survive still. The Swabian Counts of Montfort were a German noble dynasty The influential and wealthy counts of Montfort have their name from an ancestral castle Montfort Hohenems is a town in the westernmost Austrian province of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. Fürstenberg is the name of a noble house in Germany, based primarily in southern Baden-Württemberg. The region proved to be one of the most divided in the Empire, containing, in addition to these principalities, numerous free cities, ecclesiastical territories, and fiefdoms of lesser counts and knights. In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages.

The Old Swiss Confederacy was de facto independent from Swabia from 1499 as a result of the Swabian War. The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern-day Switzerland. The Swabian War of 1499 ( Schwabenkrieg, also called Schweizerkrieg War" in Germany and Engadiner Krieg of the [[Engadin]"] in

Fearing the power of the greater princes, the cities and smaller secular rulers of Swabia joined to form the Swabian League in the 15th century. The Swabian League was an association of German cities principalities and knights principally in the territory which had The League was quite successful, notably expelling the Duke of Württemberg in 1519 and putting in his place a Habsburg governor, but the league broke up a few years later over religious differences inspired by the Reformation, and the Duke of Württemberg was soon restored. This is a list of the rulers of the German state of Württemberg, originally a county and eventually a kingdom until the ruling dynasty was overthrown The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time The region was quite divided by the Reformation. While secular princes like the Duke of Württemberg and the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, as well as most of the Free Cities, became Protestant, the ecclesiastical territories (including the bishoprics of Augsburg, Konstanz and others) remained Catholic, as did the territories belonging to the Habsburgs, Hohenzollerns and the Margrave of Baden-Baden. Baden is a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg is historically one of the Prince-bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire, and belonged to the Swabian Circle. The Bishopric of Constance was a Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church that existed from about 585 until 1821 Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River

Modern history

In the wake of the territorial reorganization of the Empire of 1803 by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, the shape of Swabia was entirely changed. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany in 1795 &ndash 1814, during All the ecclesiastical estates were secularized, and most of the smaller secular states, and almost all of the free cities, were mediatized, leaving only Württemberg, Baden and Hohenzollern as sovereign states. Mediatization, defined broadly is the subsumation of one Monarchy into another monarchy in such a way that the ruler of the annexed state keeps his or her sovereign title Much of Eastern Swabia became part of Bavaria, forming what is now the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12

From 1939 to 1945, Nazi Germany claimed sovereignty over an area of Antarctica, which was named Neu-Schwabenland in honour of Swabia. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers New Swabia (Neuschwabenland is a section of the continent Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W (overlapping a portion of Norway's claim zone Queen Maud Land)

Swabian settlements abroad

Outside of Germany, many Swabians settled in Hungary and Romania (the Danube Swabians and Swabian Turkey), as well as in Russia, Bessarabia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The Danube Swabians (Donauschwaben Dunai svábok or Dunamenti németek Şvabi or Şvabi Dunăreni Дунавске Швабе Dunavske Švabe, Podunavski The term Swabian Turkey (Schwäbische Türkei describes a region in southeastern Transdanubia in Hungary delimited by the Danube ( Donau) the Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Bessarabia ( Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Outside of Europe, Swabian settlements can also be found in Brazil, Canada, and the United States. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The town of Swaffham, Norfolk means "homestead of the Swabians", some of whom must presumably have settled in England alongside the Angles and Saxons. Swaffham is a Market town and Civil parish in the English County of Norfolk. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestral region of Angeln, a modern district located in The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes.

Popular culture

A campaign sticker, translated, "We can do everything except speak High German." This is an allusion to the fact that Baden-Württemberg is one of the principal centres for innovation in Germany with many inhabitants having distinctive dialects.
A campaign sticker, translated, "We can do everything except speak High German. The High German languages (in German, Hochdeutsch) are any of the varieties of standard German, Luxembourgish and " This is an allusion to the fact that Baden-Württemberg is one of the principal centres for innovation in Germany with many inhabitants having distinctive dialects. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of
For information on the distinct Swabian dialect see Swabian German. Swabian ( Schwäbisch) is one of the Alemannic dialects of High German, spoken in the region of Swabia.

Swabians have in former times been the target of many jokes and stories where they are depicted as excessively stingy, overly serious, prudish, or as simpletons, for instance in "The Seven Swabians" (Die sieben Schwaben) published in Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm. The Brothers Grimm ( German: Die Gebrüder Grimm) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Similar jokes are often made by the French toward Belgians, the Russians towards Georgians, the Australians toward New Zealanders, or Canadians toward Newfoundlanders. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( Belgium has a population of about 10666866 citizens as of January 2008 The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries The Georgians (ქართველები kartvelebi) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus, the oldest group of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Kiwi is the nickname used internationally for people from New Zealand, as well as being a relatively common self-reference Population of Canada: 31612895 (2006 Census Provinces and territories Metropolitan areas Cities Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation However, this has ceased to a large extent, while Swabians are nowadays said to be frugal, clever, entrepreneurial and hard-working. In a widely respected publicity campaign on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Baden-Württemberg, the economically most successful state in modern Germany, the Swabians famously replied to the former jokes with: ""We can do everything except speak High German" (Wir können alles. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. The High German languages (in German, Hochdeutsch) are any of the varieties of standard German, Luxembourgish and Außer Hochdeutsch); see image.

Many Swabian surnames end with the suffixes -le, -el, -ehl, and -lin. Examples would be: Schäuble, Egeler and Gmelin. The popular surname Schwab is derived from this area, meaning literally "Swabian".

In Switzerland, "Sauschwab" is a derogatory term for Germans, derived from the Swabian War of 1499. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Swabian War of 1499 ( Schwabenkrieg, also called Schweizerkrieg War" in Germany and Engadiner Krieg of the [[Engadin]"] in In Serbian, Polish, and Bulgarian, "Shvab" or "Szwab" may be a semi-abusive term for any German, not just one from Swabia. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group In parts of the former Yugoslavia (i. e. Slovenia, Slavonija in Croatia, and Vojvodina in Serbia), the term Swab (locally Švab, from Шваб) is somewhat applied to all German peoples who lived in those regions until shortly after World War II, and many of their descendants; it is even occasionally used as a slang term to refer to all Germans as well as Austrians and Swiss German speaking people. Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Not to be confused with Slovenia, a nearby country Slavonia ( Croatian, Serbian: Slavonija, Cyrillic script Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country

Related Alemannic Dialects

Contemporary distribution of Alemannic dialects
Contemporary distribution of Alemannic dialects

Swabian (Schwäbisch) is one of the Alemannic German dialects of High German, spoken in the region of Swabia, present in the North-Eastern area of the Alemannic Sprachraum. Alemannic German ( Alemannisch) is a group of Dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. Sprachraum is a linguistic term used to designate a geographical area where a Language, Dialect, group or family of languages is spoken A separate version of Wikipedia is maintained as D’alemannisch Wikipedia, which the main page called Houptsyte.

Famous Swabians

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  1. ^ Their number would be comparable, but probably inferior, to that of the Vandals that passed into África after residing together in Galaecia for 10 years. Gustav Benjamin Schwab ( June 19, 1792 – November 4, 1850) was a German Writer, Pastor and Publisher. Dieter Baumann (born February 9, 1965) is a former German athlete and winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener ( November 22 1867 - May 3 1939) was a German soldier and politician The German General Staff ( Großer Generalstab literally Great General Staff) was an institution whose rise and development gave the German military a decided The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 The Danube Swabians (Donauschwaben Dunai svábok or Dunamenti németek Şvabi or Şvabi Dunăreni Дунавске Швабе Dunavske Švabe, Podunavski The Banat Swabians are an Ethnic German population in Southeast Europe, part of the Danube Swabians, who immigrated over 200 years ago to the Banat The Satu Mare Swabians (German Sathmarer Schwaben) are a German ethnic group that lives near the city of Satu Mare in Romania, and forms part The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany The Swabian children (German Schwabenkinder) were peasant children taken from poor families in the Alps of Austria and Switzerland See Victor Vitense Persecutiones, I.

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Swabia

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  1. A historical region of Germany.
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