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33-634: Neustrelitz ( German: [nɔʏˈʃtʁeːlɪts] ; East Low German : Niegenstrelitz ) is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany . It is situated on the shore of the Zierker See in the Mecklenburg Lake District . From 1738 until 1918 it was the capital of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . From 1994 until 2011 it

66-727: A dictionary of the German dialects spoken within the Province of Pomerania 's borders in 1936. East Pomeranian dialect of East Low German is also spoken in Brazil (see Pomerode , in Santa Catarina , Santa Maria de Jetibá , in Espírito Santo , and Arroio do Padre , Morro Redondo , Turuçu , Canguçu , São Lourenço do Sul and Pelotas , in Rio Grande do Sul ). By the early Middle Ages, Pomerania

99-543: A dialect of Polish or a separate language. Stefan Ramułt (1859–1913) was fascinated by Florian Ceynowa and decidedly supported giving Kashubian the status of a full-fledged standard language. The Pomeranian language influenced the formation of other Polish language dialects, such as the Kociewski , Borowiacki and Krajniacki dialects. Undoubtedly, they belong to the Polish language, but they also have some features in common with

132-587: A disciple of Karl Friedrich Schinkel . The Baroque Neustrelitz Palace was destroyed in 1945, but the palace gardens ( Schloßgarten ) still exist. Worth seeing are the 18th-century Orangerie (from orange), initially used as a summerhouse, the Schloßkirche (Palace Church) built in 1855–1859 in English Neo-Gothic style, the Neoclassic Hebe temple (with a replica of a statue of the goddess Hebe ), and

165-515: A more proper term." The word dialect was probably used by Ceynowa because he was a follower of Pan-Slavism , according to which all the Slavic languages were dialects of one Slavic language. In his later works, though, he called his language kaszébsko-słovjinsko móva . In 1893, Stefan Ramułt , the Jagiellonian University linguist, referred to the early history of Pomerania, publishing

198-593: Is twinned with: East Low German East Pomeranian, Central Pomeranian and West Pomeranian should not be confused with the West Slavic Pomeranian language ( German : Pomoranisch ). East Low German belongs to the dialect continuum of the West Germanic languages . It developed from the older Middle Low German . In the West it fades into West Low German . The distinction is usually made referring to

231-650: Is in the Pomeranian group of Lechitic languages (Polish: grupa pomorska języków lechickich ; German: die pomoranische Gruppe der lechischen Sprachen ) within the West Slavic languages . In medieval contexts, it refers to the dialects spoken by the Slavic Pomeranians . In modern contexts, the term is sometimes used synonymously with " Kashubian " and may also include extinct Slovincian . The name Pomerania comes from Slavic po moře , which means "[land] by

264-545: Is spoken by Mennonites in North America , Mexico and a few other places in the world. In Berlin a version of Brandenburgisch was spoken in medieval times until the city took up an East Central German dialect that incorporated Brandenburgisch elements and developed into today's Berlin[er]isch . The German dialects of Pomerania are compiled and described in the Pommersches Wörterbuch ("Pomeranian Dictionary"),

297-622: The Dictionary of the Pomoranian i.e. Kashubian Language . In the preface, Ramułt wrote: and Friedrich Lorentz (the author of Pomeranian Grammar and The History of Pomeranian/Kashubian Language ) referred in his works to Ramułt's dictionary. After Lorentz died, Friedhelm Hinze published a Pomeranian dictionary in five volumes ( Pomoranisches Wörterbuch ), which was based on Lorentz's writing. The Pomeranian language, and its only surviving form, Kashubian, traditionally have not been recognized by

330-526: The German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . As a result of German immigration to Brazil , there are still some communities speaking East Pomeranian in Rio Grande do Sul , Santa Catarina and Espírito Santo . Fritz Reuter and Heinrich Bandlow are among the most famous East Low German writers. Pomeranian language The Pomeranian language ( Polish : pomorszczyzna or język pomorski ; German: Pomoranisch or die pomoranische Sprache )

363-663: The High German consonant shift . The areas affected by the High German consonant shift are still expanding today, especially the Berlinerisch dialect that is gaining ground on the Brandenburgisch dialect by which it is surrounded. East Low German dialects are: Instead of Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch also Mecklenburgisch and Vorpommersch are used. For some it also includes Plautdietsch (originating from Danzig ), which

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396-640: The High Middle Ages , German immigration and assimilation of the Slavic Pomeranians ( Ostsiedlung ) introduced Low German East Pomeranian , Central Pomeranian , and Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialects , which became dominant in Pomerania except for some areas in the east, where the populace remained largely Slavic and continued to use the Slavic Pomeranian language. This was especially

429-751: The Kociewski dialects and the Kashubian language is, for example, the partial preservation of the so-called "TarT" group and a part of its lexis. For the Borowiacki dialects and the Pomeranian language, the common feature was affrication of dorsal consonants. The Pomeranian language also influenced the Low German dialects, which were used in Pomerania . After Germanisation , the population of Western Pomerania started to use

462-549: The Louise Temple, built in 1891 in the shape of a Greek temple to house the tomb of Queen Louise of Prussia, born Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. There is a small lake, Glambeck See, where one can swim in summer in a protected area and have lunch at a restaurant overlooking the lake. The town has a station on the Berlin Northern Railway and provides direct connections to Berlin and Rostock . The city has hosted

495-452: The Low German dialects. Those dialects, though, were influenced by the Pomeranian language (Slavic). Most words originating from Pomeranian can be found in vocabulary connected with fishery and farming. The word Zeese / Zehse may serve as an example. It describes a kind of a fishing net and is still known in the Low German dialects of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern today. The word comes from

528-698: The Old Polish dialects. At the same time, he classified the extant Kashubian and Slovincian dialects as belonging to the Modern Polish language. Other linguists relate the Pomeranian language to the Polabian group of dialects (forming the Pomeranian-Polabian group). After Slovincian and all the Pomeranian dialects (except Kashubian) became extinct, the Kashubian language is the term most often used in relation to

561-443: The Pomeranian language which has been used in everyday German language and has appeared in dictionaries is the phrase " dalli, dalli " (it means: come on, come on). It moved to the German language through the German dialects of West Prussia , and is also present in the Kashubian language (spelled: dali, dali ). The classification of the Pomeranian ethnolect is problematic. It was classified by Aleksander Brückner as one of

594-454: The Pomeranian language, which proves their character was transitional. Friedrich Lorentz supposed that the Kociewski and Borewiacki dialects first belonged to the Pomeranian language and were then Polonized as a result of the Polish colonization of these territories. According to Lorentz, the Krajniacki dialect most probably was originally a part of the Polish language. The common feature of

627-473: The area of Koszalin to Pomerelia. While Western Pomerania was being Germanized, the Germans (both colonizers and Germanized descendants of Slavic Pomeranians) started using the words "Pomeranian" ( German : Pommersch ; Polish: pomorski ) and "Pomeranians" ( German : Pommern ; Polish : Pomorzacy ) referring to their own population. The part of the Pomeranian population which kept their Slavic language

660-511: The case in Pomerelia , where the Slavic population became known as Kashubians and their language accordingly as Kashubian . An insular Slavic Pomeranian dialect spoken northwest of Kashubia until the 20th century became known as Slovincian . It is disputed whether Slovincian may be regarded as a dialect of Kashubian or a separate language. Likewise, it is disputed whether Kashubian may be regarded as

693-467: The language spoken by the Pomeranians . However, it is still not clear from where the words "Kashubians" and "Kashubian" ( Polish : Kaszubi and Kaszubski , Kashubian : Kaszëbi and kaszëbsczi ) originated and how they were brought from the area near Koszalin to Pomerelia. None of the theories proposed has been widely accepted so far. There is also no indication that Pomeranians wandered from

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726-503: The majority of Polish linguists, and have been treated in Poland as "the most distinct dialect of Polish". However, there have also been some Polish linguists who treated Pomeranian as a separate language. The most prominent of them were Stefan Ramułt , and Alfred Majewicz , who overtly called Kashubian a language in the 1980s. Following the collapse of communism in Poland , attitudes on the status of Kashubian have been gradually changing. It

759-485: The new Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was established (1701). This small duchy contained the present-day district and an exclave around Ratzeburg , which is today situated in Schleswig-Holstein . In 1712 the castle and the town of Strelitz burnt down. After this disaster the duke and his family lived on their hunting lodge at the lake called Zierker See (Lake Zierke) to the northwest of Strelitz. Around this place

792-510: The new town of Neustrelitz (New Strelitz) was constructed. It became the official capital of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1736. Neustrelitz remained the ducal seat until 1918 and was the capital of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1918 to 1933. In 1934 it was merged with Mecklenburg-Schwerin to the Gau of Mecklenburg . The ancient town of Strelitz continued to exist after the fire of 1712; it

825-419: The old Pomeranian word of the same meaning: seza . It moved to Kashubian and Slovincian dialects through Low German, and appeared in Pomeranian dictionaries as ceza meaning "flounder and perch fishing net". Thus, it is a "reverse loan-word" as the Pomeranian language borrowed the word from Low German in which it functioned as a " Pomoranism " (a borrowing from the Pomeranian language). A borrowing from

858-537: The plural endings of the verbs: East Low German endings are based on the old first person ending: -e(n), whereas West Low German endings are based on the old second person ending: -(e)t. The categorization of the Low German dialects into an Eastern and a Western group is not made by all linguists. In the South, it fades into East Central German . The difference is that the East Low German varieties have not been affected by

891-479: The popular Immergut Festival since the year 2000, attended by almost 5000 visitors each year. Neustrelitz boasts its own theatre with a permanent resident cast. Drama, operas, operettas and musicals are regularly performed there. The theatre seats 400 persons. A review (in German) of a 2017 opera performance of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann is to be found here. www.myway.de/hoffmann/1617-neustrelitz.html Neustrelitz

924-947: The sea". During the early medieval Slavic migrations , the area between the Oder and Vistula rivers was settled by tribes grouped as Pomeranians . Their dialects, sometimes referred to as Ancient Pomeranian, had a transitory character between the Polabian dialects spoken west of Pomerania and the Old Polish dialects spoken to the southeast. The earliest text written in Pomerania comes from 1304, published in 1881-1882 in Pommerellisches Urkundenbuch . Universis Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Venzeke prawi curriwi sin de Solkowe, felicitatem in domino sempiternam Universis Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Więcek prawy kur[ri]wi syn de Sul[ech]owo, felicitatem in domino sempiternam. During

957-518: The settlers are classified as East Low German. After World War II , Germans east of the Oder-Neisse line were expelled to post-war Germany . Most varieties of East Pomeranian dialect have largely died out in the following decades as the expellees were assimilated into their new homes, although West Pomeranian and Central Pomeranian are still spoken in Vorpommern (Western or Hither Pomerania), part of

990-471: Was largely populated by Slavic Pomeranians and Liuticians , who spoke the Pomeranian and Polabian languages. During the High Middle Ages , Germans from northern parts of the Holy Roman Empire settled in Pomerania as part of the medieval Ostsiedlung . Most Slavic Pomeranians gradually became Germanized . The new Pomeranian dialects which emerged from the admixture of the Low German dialects of

1023-591: Was a small village, which was suburbanised by Neustrelitz in 1931. When the Red Army troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front entered the town on 30 April 1945, 681 people committed suicide. The city centre is characterised by Baroque architecture. Its heart is the Marktplatz (Market Square), with the Stadtkirche (city church), built in 1768–1778 and the opposite Rathaus (Town Hall), built in 1841 by Friedrich W. Buttel,

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1056-556: Was called the Wends ( German : Wenden ) or the Kashubians ( German : Kaschuben ). As the West lost its Slavic character, those two terms were more often used in the East. In 1850, in the preface to his Kashubian-Russian dictionary, Florian Ceynowa wrote about the language of Baltic Slavic peoples: "Usually it is called the 'Kashubian language', although the 'Pomeranian-Slovenian dialect' would be

1089-419: Was the capital of the district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . The name Strelitz is derived from the Polabian word Strelci , meaning "archers" or "shooters". The village of Strelitz was first mentioned in 1278. It grew to a small town in the following centuries. In the 17th century Strelitz was a part of the duchy of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, which ceased to exist after the death of the last duke in 1695. Afterwards

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