Alemannic People
Alemannic (''Alamannic'') or Alamanni may refer to: * Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers * Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period * Alamanni (surname) See also *Alemannia (other) *Alemannic separatism Alemannic Separatism is a historical movement of separatism of the Alemannic-German-speaking areas of Austria, France, and Germany (viz., South Baden, Swabia (viz. most of Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia), Alsace and Vorarlberg), aiming ... * Allemand (other) {{disambig ...
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Alemannic German
Alemannic, or rarely Alemannish (''Alemannisch'', ), is a group of High German dialects. The name derives from the ancient Germanic tribal confederation known as the Alamanni ("all men"). Distribution Alemannic dialects are spoken by approximately ten million people in several countries: * In Europe: ** Switzerland: all German-speaking parts of the country except Samnaun ** Germany: centre and south of Baden-Württemberg, Swabia, and certain districts of Bavaria ** Austria: Vorarlberg, Reutte District of Tyrol ** Liechtenstein ** France: Alsace region ( Alsatian dialect) and in some villages of the Phalsbourg county, in Lorraine ** Italy: Gressoney-La-Trinité, Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Issime, Alagna Valsesia, Rimella and Formazza, in some other villages almost extinct *Outside Europe: ** United States: Allen and Adams County, Indiana, by the Amish there and also in their daughter settlements in Indiana and other U.S. states. ** Venezuela: Colonia Tovar ( Colonia Tova ...
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Alemanni
The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into present-day Alsace, and northern Switzerland, leading to the establishment of the Old High German language in those regions, by the eighth century named ''Alamannia''. In 496, the Alemanni were conquered by Frankish leader Clovis and incorporated into his dominions. Mentioned as still pagan allies of the Christian Franks, the Alemanni were gradually Christianized during the seventh century. The is a record of their customary law during this period. Until the eighth century, Frankish suzerainty over Alemannia was mostly nominal. After an uprising by Theudebald, Duke of Alamannia, though, Carloman executed the Alamannic nobility and installed Frankish dukes. During the later and weaker years of the Carolingian Empire, the Alemannic cou ...
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Alamanni (surname)
Alamanni is the name of a noble family of Florence. Originally of German origin, as mentioned in a 1478 poem on the glories of Florence by Ugolino Verino: :''Nobile e antica fu la schiatta deli Alamanni. Gente venuta da lontano, originata da sangue germanico'' :"Noble and ancient was the lineage of the Alamanni. People incoming from afar, originating from Germanic blood.....(?)" They owned a number of medieval castles, incorporated into Florence in the 14th century as part of Oltrarno. They became one of the most prominent and economically successful families, dealing in wool and other products as well as in banking and money exchange. Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556) was involved in the intrigue against cardinal Giulio de' Medici, then the de facto ruler of Florence. He had to escape to France and the family property was confiscated. Two of Luigi's sons distinguished themselves in France, Giovan Battista, bishop of Bazas and Mâcon, and Niccolò, a commander in the French army dep ...
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Alemannia (other)
Alamannia or Alemannia was the territory inhabited by the Germanic Alemanni peoples 3rd century–911. "Alemannia" and similar spellings, is an exonym for Germany used in many other languages. Alemannia or Alamannia may also refer to: German sports teams * Alemannia Aachen * Alemannia Haibach * Berliner FC Alemannia 1890 * BFC Alemannia 22 * FC Alemannia 1897 Karlsruhe * SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim Other uses * 418 Alemannia, an asteroid See also * * * Alemanni, a confederation of Germanic tribes * Alamanni (surname) * Alamania, a species of orchids * Alemannic (other) * Swabia Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany. The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...

Alemannic Separatism
Alemannic Separatism is a historical movement of separatism of the Alemannic-German-speaking areas of Austria, France, and Germany (viz., South Baden, Swabia (viz. most of Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia), Alsace and Vorarlberg), aiming at a unification with the Swiss Confederacy (later Switzerland). The historic origins of the movement lay in the Napoleonic era (ca. 1805–1815) and it was briefly revived both after the end of World War I (1919) and after the end of World War II (1946–1952). Alemannic dialects The term "Alemannic" for the group of High German dialects was introduced by Johann Peter Hebel in 1803, who named them for the Alamanni tribes of the Migration period. The Alemannic-speaking areas of Germany were separated into Baden and Württemberg, parts of Swabia were integrated into Bavaria in 1805; the Alemannic dialects were not the only dialects in those states (e.g. in Baden and Württemberg the Northern parts speak a Rhine Franconian dialects, ...
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