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The Thirteen Communities ( cim, Dreizehn Komoin, german: Dreizehn Gemeinden, it, Tredici Comuni) were a group of municipalities in the
Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
region that once primarily spoke the
Cimbrian language Cimbrian ( cim, zimbar, links=no, ; german: Zimbrisch; it, cimbro) refers to any of several local Upper German varieties spoken in northeastern Italy. The speakers of the language are known as ''Zimbern'' in German. Cimbrian is a Germanic l ...
, a dialect of
Upper German Upper German (german: Oberdeutsch ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (). History In the Old High German time, only Alemannic and Bairisch are grouped as Upper German. In the Middle High G ...
, as their native tongue; the dialect is endangered today. The municipalities are located on a high
plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ha ...
northeast of
Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
.


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History

The thirteen communities formed together into a loose commonwealth around 1280. They were historically under the suzerainty of the Milanese
House of Visconti Visconti is a surname which may refer to: Italian noble families * Visconti of Milan, ruled Milan from 1277 to 1447 ** Visconti di Modrone, collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan * Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia, ruled Gallura in Sardinia from ...
and then under the
Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
. Under both they enjoyed wide cultural and political autonomy in exchange for their loyalty. The autonomous status came to an end with the
Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
and the demise of the in 1797. Due to the high pressure from the
Italianization Italianization ( it, italianizzazione; hr, talijanizacija; french: italianisation; sl, poitaljančevanje; german: Italianisierung; el, Ιταλοποίηση) is the spread of Italian culture, language and identity by way of integration or a ...
from fascists such as
Ettore Tolomei Ettore Tolomei (16 August 1865, in Rovereto – 25 May 1952, in Rome) was an Italian nationalist and fascist. He was designated a Member of the Italian Senate in 1923, and ennobled as Conte della Vetta in 1937. Pre-World War I activism Born int ...
and the government of
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
did the Cimbrian language eventually almost completely disappear and become extinct. Only in has Cimbrian partly survived. Ljetzan has the cultural institute and ethnological museum which is a repository of the Cimbrian culture and cooperates with other linguistic enclaves in
Luserna Luserna ( Cimbrian: ''Lusérn'', german: Lusern) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about southeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 284 and ...
and the Seven Communities. Vestiges of the once dominant language can be found in some place names.


Example

The Cimbrian that was spoken in the Thirteen Communities was a slightly different dialect from Cimbrian spoken elsewhere.


See also

*
Sette Comuni The ( cim, Siben Komoin, italic=no, german: Sieben Gemeinden, italic=no) are seven that formed a Cimbrian enclave in the Veneto region of north-east Italy. The area is also known as the or Asiago Plateau, and it was the site of many battl ...


References


External links


Gateway to the Land of the Cimbrians

Cimbrians of the Thirteen Communities in Ljetzan

Cultural Associations of the Cimbrians in Kulturverein der Zimbern im Cansiglio


Province of Verona {{italy-stub