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Central Germany
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- Central Germany (linguistics)Central GermanCentral German is a group of High German dialects spoken from the Rhineland in the west to the former eastern territories of Germany.-History:...
is the region where the Central German dialects are spoken
- Central Germany (geography)Central Germany (geography)In geography, central Germany describes the areas surrounding the central point of modern-day Germany.The town of Niederdorla, in the state of Thuringia, claims to be the most central town in Germany...
describes the regions in the geographic center of Germany
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- Central Germany (cultural area) often describes a region within today's states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. This region lies east of the geographic centre but is often called "central Germany" (Mitteldeutschland) as its economic and cultural identity.