Muettersproch-Gsellschaft

The Muettersproch - Gsell shaft ( MSG) is a language club, which has set itself the objective to maintain the Alemannic dialect and preserved.

  • 2.1 poets and musicians
  • 2.2 club magazine
  • 2.3 Information on the website
  • 2.4 The Library
  • 2.5 Community Project dialect in school
  • 2.6 Johann- Peter-Hebel - medal

Organization

Members

The association founded in Freiburg in 1966 has 3,500 members from the Alemannic -speaking, in Alsace, Switzerland, Vorarlberg, but especially from South Baden. Members are also " scattered " Alemanni in Europe and overseas. In addition to the "normal" members of most authors and songwriters who write Alemannic are doing. In 1975 the club 350 members, 1977 had 1,000 members.

Regional Groups

The Gsell board has its headquarters in Freiburg since November 2010 and is organized into 20 regional groups. The groups are located along the Rhine from Geroldsecker land in the north over the border triangle of the south and to the Seealemannen in the east. Other groups are located in the Black Forest of the northern group Offenburg to the southeastern group A Brige and Breg.

General Assembly

The Mitgliederversammlig takes place every year at a different location. The official part includes the annual report and discharge, if necessary, there are also elections of the Board, then view and proposals. The entertaining part of a cultural program on offer.

President

  • Walter Füsslin, Freiburg: 1967-1972
  • Klaus Poppen, Freiburg ( 1972-2002 ). The club received a strong membership growth in its time.
  • Walter Möll, Singing (2002-2007)
  • Franz -Josef Winterhalter, the mayor of Upper Ried since 2007

Activities

You are anthologies out, has (1982 ) collected several thousand signatures for more dialect in radio and television, a popular sticker produced ( "Bi us cha mer au Alemannic chatter " ), organized various dialect competitions, organizes seminars and awards at irregular intervals the award Alemanne antenna to people from TV and radio, working for the Alemannic dialect.

Poets and musicians

Some 100 poets of the Alemannic dialect are members of the Muettersproch - Gsell shaft. Musicians who sing in Alemannic, are also in the Muettersproch - Gsell shaft. The Muettersproch - Gsell shaft and the country club Badische home have issued a Alema African Dictionary and en Alema African songbook.

Club magazine

The club is half a year, the magazine alemannischsprachige " Alemannisch dunkt üs guet " ( Alemannisch we like ) as an information and platform for its members out. Since 1967, more than one hundred issues have been published. The main headings are: Us de group ( from the groups) and Des un sell ( Interest ). In addition, new members, excursions and books / CDs are presented and published congratulations and obituaries.

Information on the website

On the Web site, information on the next regional group, the old club books of Alemannisch dunkt üs guet and events throughout the Alemannic published. In the poem archive Alemannic poems of over one hundred different writers is stored. On the page density and play music biographies and publications, prices and text samples are given by poets and music groups.

The library

The library contains approximately 900 alemannischsprachige books with a focus from the Baden region. But also from the areas alemannischsprachigen Switzerland, Alsace and Vorarlberg are books available. A large part of the fundus are books that were taken from Alemannic authors to the meeting.

Community Project dialect in school

The project dialect in school students in Baden- Württemberg to the dialects of Franconian, Swabian and Alemannic be taught. About 60 writers, comedians and musicians can be invited by school classes and study groups to a double lesson in dialect. The main topics of the artists are described in the brochure " dialect in school ." Thus, the different colors of the dialect and slang are experienced as cultural enrichment of High German. The choice of organization is via the Muettersproch - Gsell shaft eV, co-hosted by the association " Swabian Mund.art " eV in Herrenberg.

Johann- Peter-Hebel - medal

Since 1991, records the regional group Hegau, with 600 members, the largest regional group of the Muettersproch - Gsell shaft, each year individuals who have rendered outstanding by the Alemannic dialect deserves, with the Johann - Peter-Hebel Medal.

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