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Description	English: The map shows the development of the German linguistic area from around 1000 to modern times.
Source	Own work, Fischer Informations-Atlas Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1990), S. 63 (ISBN 3-596-24556-7), Marion Frantzioch, Odo Ratza, Günter Reichert (Hrsg.): 40 Jahre Arbeit für Deutschland – die Vertriebenen und Flüchtlinge, Ausstellungskatalog, Ullstein Verlag 1989, ISBN 3-550-07224-4, Skizze der Entwicklung des deutschen Sprach- und Siedlungsraumes (Ausschnitt), S. 12–13.
Author	Postmann Michael

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:16, 15 September 2010	1,031 × 650 (160 KB)	Wester	Reverted to version as of 08:50, 13 December 2006
	20:56, 25 January 2007	1,248 × 1,472 (2.07 MB)	Postmann Michael~commonswiki	Revise. A more detailed map description soon follows.
	23:31, 14 December 2006	1,472 × 1,472 (571 KB)	Postmann Michael~commonswiki	This map shows the development of the German linguistic area as a result of the so-called "German east settlement". This contained the period of time for 12th to 14th century and contained about 500,000 people. The first settlers were predominantly "North
	08:50, 13 December 2006	1,031 × 650 (160 KB)	Postmann Michael~commonswiki	The map shows the emergence of the German linguistic area in the course of the so-called "German east settlement" in the period of time of 7 until the 19th century. This map was done by me.