Die Zipser Sachsen im sprachgeographischen und sprachhistorischen Vergleich zu den Siebenbürger Sachsen
The Saxons of Spiš in a linguistic-geographical and historical comparision with the transylvanian Saxons

Summary/Abstract: The auothor executed field-research in 75 transylvanian villages and towns, studying the local german dialects. The region was settled by germans during the 12th to 14th centuries. During the age of humanism and reformation, the transylvanian Saxons as well as the Saxons of Spiš (Zipser Sachsen) had a great interest for science. The author draws a parallel between the german dialects from Transylvania and Spiš (Zips) with the dialects from the Rhineland as well as other territories in Western and Eastern Germany (including Bavaria) and gives an analysis of linguistic dynamics in both regions and in historical times.

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