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Rex Germanus 10:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

English: German dialects after 1945, split into:

Low German
Central/Middle German (part of High German)
Upper German (part of High German)

With "Benrath" this map gives the Uerdingen line in the west and the Benrath line in the East:

Uerdingen line = ik/ich-line (cp. File:Uerdinger und Karlsruher Linie.png)
Benrath line = maken/machen-line (cp. File:Benrather und Speyerer Linie.png)

Dialects north of these both lines are Low German; those south are High German.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:12, 26 July 2021	629 × 651 (16 KB)	E-960	Reverted to version as of 09:41, 7 July 2021 (UTC) This is a completely different map which you uploaded! You don't just swap out an image. It's one thing to make adjustments, it another to completely replace the original image with a different one under the same file name. There's a rule against doing just that.
	22:36, 10 July 2021	1,245 × 744 (1.12 MB)	MicBy67	Reverted to version as of 02:06, 22 March 2021 (UTC):213 / Reason: This map shows the correct course of the Speyrer and Benrath lines as well as the former German-speaking area in the Oder-Neisse area. The previous map is extremely flawed in the course of the two isoglosses.
	09:41, 7 July 2021	629 × 651 (16 KB)	E-960	Reverted to version as of 02:06, 31 December 2010 (UTC) This is a completely different map.
	02:06, 22 March 2021	1,245 × 744 (1.12 MB)	MicBy67	{{Information \|Description=English:<br />Complete revision of the previous file.<br /> Sources: German language area and isoglosses drawn from the map "Verbreitung und Raumgliederung deutscher und niederländischer Sprache als Mundart der ländlichen Bevölkerung in Mitteleuropa um 1900“ (Distribution and spatial division of the German and Dutch languages as a dialect of the rural population in Central Europe around 1900); [https://www.regionalsprache.de Regionalssprache.de]<br /> State map and...
	02:06, 31 December 2010	629 × 651 (16 KB)	B.Bevers	Reverted to version as of 00:45, 17 February 2009 \| ORIGINAL FORMAT, no German nationalism here please
	21:23, 4 September 2010	629 × 651 (14 KB)	Hans Erren	Benrath line adjusted, places added. Westward extension is reverted, frisian area excluded. Modified after Deutsche Dialekte.PNG
	00:45, 17 February 2009	629 × 651 (16 KB)	Disposable.Heroes	pngcrush
	17:58, 24 December 2008	629 × 651 (29 KB)	Jeroen	Reverted to version as of 10:57, 1 August 2006: no source given why Dutch and Frisian is part of German; very confusing
	20:15, 17 November 2008	629 × 651 (29 KB)	Olahus	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}
	14:29, 31 August 2008	629 × 651 (21 KB)	Trinsath	{{Information \|Description= \|Source= \|Date= \|Author= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}