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Austro-Hungarian Army - The Armistice 1918 The further co-operation of German-Austrian troops with the Bavarian regiments was out of the question, no matter how friendly might be the sentiments entertained by Austria for her German ally. Troops of all nationalities of the vanishing empire passing through the valley of the Inn on their way to Salzburg encountered the Bavarian regiments commanded by General Krafft von Delmensingen, formerly the renowned commander of the Bavarian Alpine Corps, which were on their way to the Brenner and the Tauern Mountains. Nor was it difficult for the Supreme War Council to determine the frontiers to be assigned to German-Austria, that is to say, in South Tyrol and in Carinthia, where Austria was to surrender all her territory up to the Brenner, the Pustertal as far as Toblach, and the Tarvis basin. www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk /armistice.html

Austro-Hungarian Army - The Armistice 1918 The further co-operation of German-Austrian troops with the Bavarian regiments was out of the question, no matter how friendly might be the sentiments entertained by Austria for her German ally. At Innsbruck the Bavarians had already donned the red cockade, and on the Brenner rebellion had broken out. Even had the German-Austrian troops not intermingled with the Slavs and the Hungarians, it would have been impossible for the Council of State to have taken upon itself the responsibility for a continuance of the war; especially a continuance of the war within their own country. www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk /armistice.html

Requests for new languages - Meta Bavarian is closer to standard German than Alemannic is; yet many consider it either a separate language or a coherent cluster of quite independent German dialects. Bavarian is a dialect without an army and a navy and Standard German is one with. Bavarian is 'native language' only in three of the seven administrative districts ('Regierungsbezirke') of Bavaria. meta.wikimedia.org /wiki/Requests_for_new_languages   (12974 words)

Obatzda Definition / Obatzda Research Obatzda is a BavarianBavarian can either when used as an adjective, refer to the German state of Bavaria; or refer to the Bavarian or Austro-Bavarian language, a group of closely related dialects spoken in parts of Bavaria, most of Austria and the South Tyrol. Obatzda is a classic example of bavarian biergarten A beer garden (or in the German language, Biergarten) is an open-air drinking establishment that originated in Bavaria, where beer gardens in general are distinguished from traditional beer gardens today. In German, the two usages are distinghuished ortographically, with bayrisch referring to the state and bairisch referring to the language.... www.elresearch.com /Obatzda   (274 words)

Austro-Bavarian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is an Upper Germanic language. Most Bavarians and Austrians can read, write and understand Standard German but, as a phenomenon, many people, especially in rural areas, don't have opportunities to speak it at all. Genetically Bavarian is part of the Upper German family along with Allemannic (which includes en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Bavarian   (274 words)

Austro-Bavarian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Most Bavarians and Austrians can read, write and understand Standard German but, as a phenomenon, many people, especially in rural areas, don't have opportunities to speak it at all. In those regions, Standard German is the "written Language" while Bavarian is the commonly (and in very many cases only) spoken language. Because of King Ludwig I 's passion for everything hellenic, the German name for Bavaria today is spelled "Bayern", while the language spoken there has retained its original spelling "Bairisch" – note the I versus the "hellenic" Y. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Bavarian   (274 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Kingdom of Bavaria The Bavarian troops are equipped with the same arms as the other division of the Imperial German army but wear a different uniform. Four years later the Bavarian army took an honourable part in the Franco-German war, and in 1871 Bavaria became a member of the new German Empire. Three flourishing Bavarian cities are situated on its banks: Schweinfurt, Würzburg, and Aschaffenburg. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02353c.htm   (274 words)

GERMANY - LoveToKnow Article on GERMANY The rainfall is greatest in the Bavarian tableland and the hilly regions of western Germany. wards from the Bavarian Alps is watered by the Lech, the Tsar and the Inn, tributaries of the Danube, all three rising beyond the limits of German territory. With progressive territorial extensions during the ensuing fifty years, and embracing the grand-duchy of Luxemburg, it had in 1871, when the German empire was founded, an area of about 209,281 sq. 81.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GE/GERMANY.htm   (18943 words)

The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today This famous annual festival is also held outside Munich by Bavarian and German communities around the world, including in Jakarta where the German community recently celebrated at the Aryaduta Hotel in Central Jakarta. Bavarians are proud of their beers, whose supreme standard can be traced back to 1516 when Duke Wilhelm IV ruled that beer could only be brewed from malted barley, hops and pure water, with no additives or preservatives. This 98 percent pure water drink is considered by Bavarians to be a staple food, a sort of "liquid bread". www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20021002.R03   (595 words)

Slovenes [Definition] [click for more] accepted union with Bavarians Bavarian can either when used as an adjective, refer to the German state of Bavaria; or refer to the Bavarian or Austro-Bavarian language, a group of closely related dialects spoken in parts of Bavaria, most of Austria and the South Tyrol. In German, the two usages are distinghuished ortographically, with bayrisch referring to the state and bairisch referring to the language.... Argentina Argentina is a cone-shaped country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. www.wikimirror.com /Slovenes   (595 words)

19th Century Marcus Stein (Mannheim) offers another Napoleon Website : pretty military, but with some maps of battlefields, pictures of uniforms (also of the Bavarian and Russian armies). The site would seem to be 'under construction' and is aimed at the lay public (in German and English) The project's initiators intend to catalogue the mile-stones in the northern half of 19th century Germany (see the map), publish a journal and photographs of mile-stones (in German) www.erlangerhistorikerseite.de /heidelberg/gh/e6.html   (595 words)

Sabretache Issue 1 They chose an unusual scenario in that it was an historical scenario where 1/2 the German forces were Bavarian, and the other Prussian. The Bavarian and Prussian forces are required to get 3 units off table by the end of the scenario (12 turns). It was indicative of this hard fought battle that both sides had chances to win, but timely shooting, judicious use of the French bayonet in a counter assault and bad morale rolls by the Bavarians finally tipped the scales in the French forces favour. www.saga-publishing.com /saberteche/SabretacheIssue1.htm   (595 words)

Stormfront White Nationalist Community Austrians speak the same language as southern Germans, Hochdeutsch and some speak the Austro-Bavarian dialect, which is obviously also spoken by Bavarians. Southern thus highland Germans, do a little research and you will find the German people depending on region are actually broken up into different categories, also for most of Austria's history it was part of the German empire before it split through rivalry to forge it's own empire. In 911 the Bavarian duchy was composed roughly of Bavaria proper, present-day Austria, and part of the Upper Palatinate. www.stormfront.org /archive/t-142140No_Russian_in_the_Ukraine!.html   (595 words)

Timelines and History of Judaism in St. Louis This congregation was popularly known as the German or Bavarian congregation. Possibly German Jews, initially worshiped on Broadway between Washington and Lucas, in the rear of the firm of Samuel C. Davis & Co. over a livery stable. Second Jewish cemetery in St. Louis was established in May of 1848, known as the Camp Springs Cemetery. www.jewishgen.org /jgs-StLouis/timelines.html   (595 words)

Tirol, Austria A curiosity of geography is the enclave of Jungholz at the northwestern tip of the province, which is surrounded by Bavarian territory and within the German customs area. Between about 540 and 576 the Bajuwari (Bavarians) came in from the north under their hereditary dukes, the Agilofings, and occupied the Eastern Alps, while the Alamanni established themselves in the western part of the region. In 1809 the Tirolese, led by Andreas Hofer (1767-1810), Joseph Speckbacher and Joachim Haspinger, rose against the French and Bavarians and after a victory at Bergisel liberated Innsbruck and the territory of Tirol. www.planetware.com /austria/tirol-a-t-tirol.htm   (2487 words)

Austrian language A good reference for the Austrian Bavarian other German dialects are the dialect ("Mundart") of Asterix and Obelix comic books which are available in (three editions with different dialects from inside Vienna) and at least one for the Tyrolean dialect and one for a deep dialect. The two southern provinces of Styria (Steiermark) and Carinthia (Kärnten) speak variations of the Southern dialect range similar to the common tyrolean which originates near Innsbruck (but it has to be said Tyrol has many dialects). The people of Graz the capital of Styria speak yet another dialect which is very Styrian and more easily to understand people from other parts of Austria than Styrian dialects e.g. www.freeglossary.com /Austria/Language   (361 words)

Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Bavarian refer to the Bavarian or Austro-Bavarian language, a group of closely related dialects spoken in parts of Bavaria, most of Austria and the South Tyrol. In German, the two usages are distinguished orthographically, with bayrisch referring to the state and bairisch referring to the language. Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Bavarian; all previous versions may be viewed here. www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Bavarian   (273 words)

Evanion Collection of Ephemera Britain has a long history of brewing lager and one of the first brewers in the country was the Austro Bavarian Lager Beer Company of Tottenham, London.  For most of its history, it was staffed entirely with immigrant German-speakers and their English-born families.  In 1886 it was renamed the Tottenham Lager Beer Brewery.  It closed in 1903. www.collectbritain.co.uk /personalisation/object.cfm?uid=014EVA000000000U04278000   (76 words)

Austrian German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Southern Austro-Bavarian subgroups, with the latter encompassing the languages of the Interestingly, the geographic borderlines between the different accents coincide strongly with the borders of the states and also with the border to Bavaria, with Bavarians having a markedly different rhythm of speech in spite of the similarities in the language as such. With German being a pluricentric language, Austrian dialects should not be confused with the variety of Standard German spoken by most Austrians, which is distinct from that of Germany or en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austrian_Dialect   (76 words)

High German A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill mountain ous areas of southern Germany and the Alps; in the second context, the "high" means "official". A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II Poland, and Quick Facts about: Romania Quick Summary not found for this subject Hutterite German (in Quick Facts about: Canada www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hi/High_German.htm   (76 words)

Upper German languages Upper German can be generally classified as Alemannic or Austro-Bavarian. Southern Austro-Bavarian (in Austria and South Tyrol, Italy) Upper German is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Northern Italy. www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Upper_German   (76 words)

Wikinfo High German Bavarian (mostly in Austria and in Bavaria, in Germany) In the first context, the "high" refers to the mountainous areas of southern Germany and the Alps ; in the second context, the "high" means "official". The use of High German to refer only to the official German language is not linguistic use, and tends to lead to confusion when discussing the German language: many High German dialects are called Low German, a term properly used for a different (but related) language family. www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=High_German   (76 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Rupert, Bishop of Worms, baptized the Bavarian duke, Theodo, at Regensburg (Ratisbon) and became the Apostle of the Austrian Bajuvarii. The Bishops of Salzburg brought the Christian Faith and German customs to the Slavs. The school at Kaplitz in southern Bohemia, under the supervision of the parish priest, Ferdinand Kindermann, was noted as a model school. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02121b.htm   (76 words)

Austro-Bavarian German Austro-Bavarian is an Upper German dialect family spoken in Southern Bavaria, the major part of Austria (outside of Vorarlberg, where an Alemannic dialect is spoken), and South Tyrol (politically a part of Italy). It includes the Austro-Bavarian dialect, as well as the Cimbrian and Mócheno dialects spoken in formerly Austrian parts of modern Italy, and Hutterite German, spoken by some ethnic German communities in North America. www.encyclopedia-1.com /a/au/austro_bavarian_german.html   (76 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Kingdom of Bavaria The Bavarian troops are equipped with the same arms as the other division of the Imperial German army but wear a different uniform. The southern tributaries of the Main, which leave Bavarian territory near Ostheim, are the Regnitz and the Tauber; the northern are the Rodach and the Saale. Thirty thousand Bavarian troops died in Russia, victims of the climate or of encounters with the Cossacks. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02353c.htm   (76 words)

Southern Europe, 1800-1900 A.D._Timeline of Art History_The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Bavarian prince Otto arrives in 1833 and is crowned king two years later. The freeing of Greece from Ottoman control gives foreign scholars greater access to the country; German archaeologists start work at Olympia and Athens in the 1830s, and the first excavations at the Parthenon take place in 1885–91. Many of the artists who gather at Els Quatre Gats dedicate their work to a realistic portrayal of bourgeois life in Barcelona, a "religion of art and truth," as described by Rusinõl. www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/10/eus/ht10eus.htm   (76 words)

Visit to the Old Catholics of Bohemia (1889) The German inhabitants occupy the border districts, especially the mountain region to the north, and are chiefly commercial and industrial, being busily and successfully engaged in spinning and weaving, in making glass and porcelain, and in mining works of various kinds. They inhabit the central and southern plains, and speak a language which is difficult to acquire for one of another race. justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/england/jwords/bohemia.html   (76 words)

High German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Southern Austro-Bavarian (includes the dialects of Tyrol, Carinthia and High German as used in Southern Germany, Bavaria and Austria was an important basis for the developement of standard German. Alps, as opposed to "Low German" spoken along the flat sea coasts of the north. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/High_German   (76 words)

Language A good reference for the Austrian, Bavarian and other German dialects are the dialect ("Mundart") editions of Asterix Asterix (originally Astérix) is the fictional hero of a series of comic books created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in France. The border between the two regions approximates a line passing through Cologne (Köln) and Berlin, but there is a more or less fuzzy region of more than a hundred kilometres width south of that line where the language underwent the Seconds Sound Shift only partially. The northern part is today a federal state of Austria called Tyrol, while the South Tyrol today constitutes the Italian province of Bozen-Bolzano. www.visiteuropeonline.com /austria/language.htm   (76 words)

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