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	Encyclopedia: High German (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		High German (in German, Hochdeutsch) is any of several German dialects spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg (as well as in neighbouring portions of Belgium, France (Alsace), Italy, Poland, and Romania (Transylvania) and in some areas of former colonial settlement, for example in Namibia).
		German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages.
		Old High German is the earliest recorded form of the modern German language, and was spoken from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/High-German (2533 words)

	Texas German - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Texas German is a dialect of the German language that is spoken by descendants of German immigrants who founded the town of Fredericksburg, Texas in 1846.
		German immigrants began arriving over a period of two years, quickly raising the population of the town to over 1,000.
		Texas German is legible to anyone with an understanding of continental German, though it adapted to U.S. measurement and legal terminologies, e.g., Pfund; Fuß; Meil; County not Grafschaft; Scheriff not Vogt, etc.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_German (173 words)

	Learn more about German language in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		German (Deutsch) is one of the world's major languages, a member of the western group of Germanic languages.
		German is the third most popular foreign language worldwide, and the second most popular in Europe (after English), USA and East Asia (Japan).
		German is the only official language in Germany, Liechtenstein and Austria; it shares official status in Belgium (with French and Dutch), Italy (with Italian, French and Slovenian), Switzerland (with French, Italian and Romansh), Luxembourg (with French and Luxembourgish).
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/ge/german_language.html (721 words)

	German Texans
		Texans of German birth or descent have, since the mid-19th century, made up one of the largest ethnic groups in the state.
		Germans who chose Texas as a home were, in the migrations from 1830 to 1900, anything but a uniform group.
		German immigrants, attracted to colonial settlement in appreciable numbers and relatively isolated from others—the necessities for cultural preservation—maintained certain customs and most of the language.
	www.texancultures.utsa.edu /publications/texansoneandall/german.htm (673 words)

	Travel USA Travel - Germany in Texas - USA Tourist
		The hill country of central Texas is distinctively different from the flat grassland and forests of the eastern lowlands and from the great prairies of west Texas.
		It is a great German heritage festival and an Indian powwow that always includes a meeting between the surviving descendants of Baron von Meusebach and the descendants of the Comanche chiefs that negotiated the original treaty.
		Luckenbach, Texas (population: three) is a short drive south of Fredricksburg in the middle of nowhere.
	www.usatourist.com /english/places/texas/germany.html (965 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: GERMANS
		They chose Texas as the site for their colony, in part because of the favorable publicity surrounding the Ernst-inspired migration and perhaps because Texas was an independent republic where the princes might exercise some political control.
		As late as 1880 the population of San Antonio was one-third German.
		Germans created new ethnic islands as late as the 1920s, but they were peopled from other areas in Texas, particularly the German Belt.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/png2.html (2163 words)

	Fredericksburg, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Settled largely by liberal, educated Germans fleeing the Revolution of 1848, Gillespie County voted against secession prior to the American Civil War.
		The hotel owned by Nimitz's German grandfather has been converted into a museum honoring the men and women who served with Nimitz in the war.
		The town is notable as the home of Texas German, a German dialect spoken by the first generations of settlers who initially refused to learn English.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fredericksburg,_Texas (552 words)

	German Texan Families
		German Seed in Texas Soil (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966), that in many areas of Germany from which the Texas settlers came, operational farm units with wholly contiguous lands were not common.
		The German pioneer family survived in Texas as a labor-cooperative family household for which the division between home and place of work--as had been the case in Germany--no longer held true.
		But listening to narrations by elderly women about their foremothers, and reading amazingly similar stories written by German women in Texas, has convinced me that the women, in fact, fulfilled active, extensive roles which were crucial to the survival of the farmsteading family.
	www.humanities-interactive.org /texas/lonestar/german_texas_families.htm (2672 words)

	Texas Germanic Heritage
		Twenty-one of the ruling German princes also recognized the need to reduce the overpopulation of the Germanies, and to that end, they organized the "Mainzer Adelsverein," later shortened to "Adelsverein." In English, this became the "Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas," and it later became known as the German-Texas Immigration Company.
		Adolph Douai, an outspoken German of French Huguenot extraction, was a Free Thinker, an atheist, an abolitionist, and an admirer of Karl Marx' communist philosophies.
		About 20 Germans from Jefferson County served in the Confederate Army, including four Block brothers from Port Neches, even though their father was a Unionist who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
	www.wtblock.com /wtblockjr/texas.htm (5001 words)

	German Shepherds
		German Shepherd dogs appeared relatively recently, and they were bred as police- and working dogs.
		The first German Shepherd club was founded in the late 1880s, but it was disbanded shortly after that time.
		Nowadays references to German Shepherds are as the most versatile and popular breed in the world.
	german-shepherd-breeders.org /.../german-shepherd-texas.html (355 words)

	The German Texans
		German Texans actively participated in politics, and by 1846 a German language version of Texas law was in place.
		Germans also were distinct from their neighbors because of their language and traditions.
		The German immigrants’ mark on Texas is found in place names, like Schulenburg and Shiner; it’s heard in the popular cultural influences of Adolf Hofner, and the accordion in Tejano and Zydeco music; and it’s experienced in the easy-going temperament in the face of tremendous obstacles that gave Texas its motto, “the friendly state.”
	www.houstonculture.org /cr/germans.html (1301 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR
		Texas had approximately twice as many POW camps as any other state, first because of the available space, and second, curiously, because of the climate.
		German officers, like their American counterparts in enemy hands, were not required to work, and few volunteered.
		Apparently the majority of German prisoners who spent the war years in Texas remembered their experience as one of the greatest adventures of their lives.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/qug1.html (1230 words)

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		Boas founded the Texas German Dialect Project in September 2001 after receiving a grant from the dean of liberal arts.
		Many parents did not teach their children German, so the knowledge of the Texas-German dialect is contained only in the older generation who still speak it on occasion.
		\n\nThough German traditions were slowly being forced out of the communities because of the anti-German war sentiments, a few German traditions have recently been reinstated into Texas communities such as in New Braunfels.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=495365 (1455 words)

	Prince uncovers 19th-century plot to make Texas German (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Prince Hans von Sachsen-Altenburg discovered that in the 1840s, when Texas was still a republic, the nobles managed to raise a small fortune from the state of Prussia under cover of an economic club known as the Adelsverein, or Association of Nobility.
		Texas was annexed during the closing days of the Tyler administration, just before Polk was sworn in as President.
		In San Antonio, the largest city of Texas, for example, the census rolls of 1850 and 1860 show that Germany was the largest state of origen in the city, outranking native Texans, Americans and Mexicans.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/978110/posts (1748 words)

	German Immigration to Texas
		Although there were a few Germans in Texas when the area was under Spanish and Mexican rule, the first permanent settlement of Germans was at Industry, in Austin County, established by Friedrich Ernst and Charles Fordtran in the early 1830s.
		Prospective settlers were promised 320 acres of land for a married man or 160 acres for a single man, plus transportation across the ocean and to the land; a house, household furnishings, utensils, and farming equipment; churches, hospitals, roads and general provisions for their welfare.
		German settlers of this period were not only the poor and deprived peasants, but also members of the craftsman, merchant and professional classes.
	hostville.com /hoelscher/gertex.htm (1189 words)

	Blasmusik Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Our band was formed in July, 1993, in Fredericksburg, Texas, for the primary purpose of representing Texas at a Blasmusik festival (wind band festival) in Germany in 1994.
		The enthusiastic reaction of the audience to the music and the friendship created between musicians was the foundation that continues today to bring enjoyment to both audience and musician.
		Since our 1994 tour of Europe the band has continued to play for special festivals in Texas including "Night in Old Fredericksburg" in the old Texas, German town of Fredericksburg and for "Wurstfest" in New Braunfels which is the largest German festival in Texas.
	www.blasmusiktexas.com /english.html (404 words)

	Selected Bibliography of German-American Titles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Texas : With Particular Reference to German Immigration and the Physical Appearence of the Country.
		From Tyranny to Texas : A German Pioneer in Harris County.
		History of the German Element in Texas From 1820-1850, and Historical Sketches of the German Texas Singers' League and Houston Turnverein.
	www.cah.utexas.edu /guides/germanamericans.html (880 words)

	Bibliography On German Texans
		The Germans in Texas: A Study in Immigration Austin: Jenkins, 1910, 1974.
		History of the German Element in Texas from 1820-1850 and Historical Sketches of the German Singers' League and Houston Turnverein from 1853-1913.
		Texas; With Particular Reference to German Immigration and the Physical Appearance of the Country.
	www.hostville.com /hoelscher/readlst.htm (1058 words)

	The Winedale Story - The Germans
		German colonization in Texas began before Texas independence, with the efforts of Friedrich Ernst in nearby Industry and the later work of the German Emigration Company based at Nassau Farm, next to present-day Winedale.
		His writings sparked widespread interest in immigration to Texas among farmers and artisans who saw their future limited in Germany, as well as among ambitious German noblemen who sought to promote colonization projects.
		In the 1840s, German noblemen formed the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas (Verein zum Schutz deutscher Einwanderer in Texas).
	www.cah.utexas.edu /exhibits/WinedaleStory/green5.html (802 words)

	Research
		Currently, I am working on the linguistic design of the German FrameNet database as well as a corresponding multilingual semantic representation language that will be useful for information retrieval, text summarization, machine translation, and foreign language education.
		The efforts of the TGDP have so far been supported by the University of Texas at Austin, Humanities Texas (formerly Texas Council for the Humanities), and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
		In January 2005, I established the Texas German endowment at UT Austin, which will support the on-going activities of the TGDP in years to come.
	hcb.gmc.utexas.edu /Research-text.htm (645 words)

	Visit New Braunfels, Texas, Home of the Wurst Fest
		This unique celebration-rich in German Culture and full of Texas fun-is held annually, the festival always begins on the Friday before the first Monday in November.
		Nearly half the residents still speak their native tongue, in spite of generations of citizenship in Texas.
		From this fragile beginning the settlement expanded by approximately 6,000 people as a flood of Germans immigrated to the area.
	wintertexans.com /newbraunsfels.htm (441 words)

	Southeast texas german sherpard Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	languagehat.com: TEXAS GERMAN.
		Turns out there's a 150-year-old German community in Texas that is in the final stages of assimilation; the Texas German Dialect Project is trying to record as much as possible of the dialect before it disappears for good.
		Germans settled in much of Central Texas after the 1840s.
		"Texas has this rich history of culture in terms of language and, up until World War I, Texas was trilingual," Boas said.
	www.languagehat.com /archives/000620.php (503 words)

	German Shepherd Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The german shepherd texas clubs support the breeder members with training and information on breeding and competitions.
		That time they were evolved from herding dogs used to tend and protect sheep and over time the breed became extremely popular, especially as guard, police and military dogs.
		The dallas german shepherd dog usually gets along well with other dogs.
	www.german-shepherd-breeders.org /german-shepherd-training/german-shepherd-texas.html (230 words)

	Texas German Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	www.fburg.com /encyclopedia/Texas_German (347 words)

	Genesis German Shepherds - White German Shepherds - Texas
		For more information you can contact Genesis German Shepherds and I will get you in touch with the litter owners.
		We believe in educating the public about the white German Shepherd Dog as there are many misconceptions and inaccuracies surrounding this dog.
		When bred correctly (according to the Standard for the breed) the white is not only a beautiful dog but is highly intelligent, correct in type and movement, very loyal, and appropriately affectionate.
	www.dogpages.net /genesis (304 words)

	German-Texas Heritage
		Covers the actual founding and history of many German settlements and towns in Texas prior to the American Civil War.
		This dual-language edition is filled with observations, advice, and warnings for those who chose to come to Texas.
		Originally published in German in 1849, this book has been described as a "treasure of German-Texan history." Highly readable translation filled with early Texas observations.
	www.eakinpress.com /german-t.htm (140 words)

	Texas German -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Texas German -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Texas German is a dialect of the (The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic) German language that is spoken by descendants of (Click link for more info and facts about German immigrants) German immigrants who founded the town of (Click link for more info and facts about Fredericksburg, Texas) Fredericksburg, Texas in 1846.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about dialect is near extinction) dialect is near extinction, as it is now only spoken by a few elderly people.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/texas_german.htm (188 words)

	White German Shepherd Texas Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		North Texas German Shepherd Rescue, Inc....band when the white shepherd rescue...
		WHITE GERMAN SHEPHERDS BY WHITE FANG KENNELS German Shepherd Club International, Inc., the Texas Metro Chapter of the White German Shepherd Club and I am also very active in the White...
		Paladin Kennels: White German Shepherds She was bred by Undine Price at Adel V. Leonberg Kennels in Texas.
	www.germanshepherd-training.com /german-shepherd-training/white-german-shepherd-texas.html (359 words)

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