Re: [tied] Re: Torun´

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 13929
Date: 2002-06-26

 
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From: tgpedersen
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Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:27 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Torun´

> I'm sorry, I should have expressed myself more clearly. I meant not the German-ruled kingdom of Prussia, but the once German province of Ostpreussen (which as far as I know was conquered without the help of the Hansa?), the German dialects of which were always all High, not Low German, in spite of the Northern location.
 
That's later history too. I think the spread of Hochpreußisch and its cultural dominance in the area were connected with the secularisation of the Order, the Reformation, and the establishment of "Ducal Prussia", which later became East Prussia. Even further northeast, in Livonia, Low Saxon was once the language of the upper class and most of the burghers; the encroachment of High German lasted well into the eighteenth century.

Piotr