Germersheim line
The Germersheim line is an isogloss that is adjacent to the Speyer line , the so-called pound / pound line: In the areas north of the line, the high German sound shift is incomplete in the dialects ( Low German , Hessian , Palatinate ) , the word <pound> is there / pund / , to the south it is called / (p) fund / . However, since the Appel / Apple and the Pund / Pound isoglosses have an almost identical course over large parts, it has become customary in German studies to deal with both linguistic lines in this area, since the isogloss described here is only a subsidiary line of the Speyer line represents.
course
The Germersheimer line is part of the Rhenish fan : It begins in the Vosges and shares its course with the Speyer line , with which it crossed the Rhine at Speyer . This Isogloss separates south of Germersheim and now runs in the direction of the city line fortress Philippsburg - Wiesloch - Mosbach - Buchen - Walldürn , where it meets the Speyer line again. At the level of the city of Gemünden , the Germersheim line separated again from the Speyerer line and crossed the Main east of Stadtprozelten , only to run again a short time later along with it along the right side of the Spessart . In Vacha the Germersheim line entirely separated from the Speyer line and now runs in the direction of Kassel , where she east of the city to the Benrather line encounters. With this it runs to the east, where it continued until the escape and expulsion of the Germans from the Oder-Neisse areas until today in the Polish -speaking area.
See also
References
- REDE - regionalssprache.de , language atlases and lists of terms