Eastphalia

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Eastphalia is a historical-cultural region in northern Germany, traditionally associated with the eastern part of the medieval Duchy of Saxony and characterized by its distinct Eastphalian dialects and heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Eastphalia canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
associatedWith Eastphalian
surface form: Eastphalian dialects

Low German
borderedBy Altmark
Harz
surface form: Harz region

Westphalia
country Germany
hasCulturalContinuity modern regional identity in parts of Lower Saxony
modern regional identity in parts of Saxony-Anhalt
hasCulturalIdentity Eastphalian
hasCulturalTradition Low German folk culture
Saxon customs
hasDialect Eastphalian dialects
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
trade in medieval period
hasEthnoLinguisticGroup Eastphalians
hasHeritage Eastphalian
hasHistoricalRole core area of eastern Saxony
hasHistoricalSource medieval Saxon chronicles
hasLanguageFamily West Germanic languages
hasLinguisticFeature Eastphalian Low German phonology
distinct vocabulary within Low German
hasSubregion Brunswick Land
Hildesheim district
surface form: Hildesheim area

Magdeburg Börde
hasTopography North German Plain
hasUrbanCenter Brunswick
Halberstadt
Hildesheim
Magdeburg
historicallyAssociatedWith Saxons
historicallyGovernedBy Dukes of Saxony
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
Northern Germany
surface form: northern Germany
partOf Duchy of Saxony
Saxon stem duchy
Duchy of Saxony
surface form: medieval Duchy of Saxony
regionOf Brunswick
Lower Saxony
Magdeburg area
Saxony-Anhalt
religiousHistory Christianization of Germanic peoples
surface form: Christianization of Saxons

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastphalian traditionalRegion Eastphalia
Duchy of Saxony hasTerritory Eastphalia
Magdeburg area partOf Eastphalia