LL-L "Language use" 2005.08.21 (04) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
L=Limburgish LS=Lowlands Saxon (Low German) N=Northumbrian
S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic V=(West)Flemish Z=Zeelandic (Zeêuws)
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From: Heinrich <heinrich.becker at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language use" 2005.08.16 (05) [E]

> From: Heiko Evermann <heiko.evermann at gmx.de>
> Subject: Church language
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have read that the reformation in Germany brought the High German
> language
> with it and that at about 1650 the preaching language was switched
> away from
> Low Saxon to High German.
>
> How does this apply to the border area between Germany and the
> Netherlands? In
> which of these areas was German the language of the sermon?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Heiko Evermann
>
> ----------
> Hello,

introduction of Reformation in Noth Germanysince 1525 was not only
Lutheran as Reinhards contribution may suggest. In parts close to the
Dutch border, especally  Grafschaft Bentheim,  Dutch Reformed Church
(Hervormde Kerk) has prevailed according to later (1555) Confessio
Augsburgiana: Cujus regio, ejus religio. The Count zu Bentheim und
Steinfurt as owner of the land was a Calvinist and so were his
subordinates. Services were at least initially held in Low German. The
Low German dialect was the same as on the other side of the border:
Drenthsch.
Regards
Heinrich Becker

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