High Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic German spoken in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg and in Switzerland and Liechtenstein . Intelligibility of these dialects to non-Alemannic speakers tends to be limited.
5-545: Eschen ( German pronunciation: [ˈɛʃn̩] ; High Alemannic : Escha ) is a municipality in the north of Liechtenstein . It has a population of 4,629 as of 2023, and covers an area of 10.3 square kilometres (4.0 square miles). It is the fourth-largest town in Liechtenstein by population. The municipality includes the village of Nendeln , which has a train station on the Feldkirch-Buchs line . Eschen
10-673: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . High Alemannic German The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Liechtenstein and in most of German-speaking Switzerland ( Swiss Plateau ), except for the Highest Alemannic dialects in the Swiss Alps and for the Low Alemannic ( Basel German ) dialect in the North West. Therefore, High Alemannic must not be confused with
15-706: Is also spoken in the southern Sundgau region beyond the Upper Rhine , which is part of Alsace , France . In Vorarlberg in Western Austria , a form of High Alemannic is spoken around the Rheintal as well. High Alemannic is traditionally subdivided in an Eastern and Western language area ( Sprachraum ), marked by the Brünig-Napf-Reuss line across the cantons of Aargau and Lucerne ( Luzern ). Eastern High Alemannic includes Zurich German , Lucerne German, and
20-459: Is locally administered by the mayor and a 11-person municipal council, elected every four years since 1975. The incumbent mayor is Tino Quaderer , since 2019. The headquarters of Novodent and ThyssenKrupp Presta are located in Eschen. USV Eschen/Mauren is the municipality's football club. [REDACTED] Media related to Eschen at Wikimedia Commons This Liechtenstein location article
25-587: The term " Swiss German ", which refers to all Alemannic dialects of Switzerland as opposed to Swiss variant of Standard German , the literary language of diglossic German-speaking Switzerland. In Germany , High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Southern Baden-Württemberg , i.e. the Markgräflerland and in the adjacent area south of Freiburg im Breisgau up to the Black Forest ( Schönau ). It
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