The major ( East ) Franconian towns in Baden-Württemberg are Schwäbisch Hall on the Kocher — the Imperial City declared itself " Swabian " in 1442 — and Crailsheim on the Jagst River, the main towns in Thuringia are Suhl and Meiningen.

* to Swabian German, a dialect spoken in Baden-Württemberg in south-west Germany and adjoining areas ( German :" Schwäbisch ")

Aalen is situated on the upper reaches of the river Kocher, at the foot of the Swabian Jura which lies to the south and south-east, and close to the hilly landscapes of the Ellwanger Berge to the north and the Welland to the north-west.

In terms of natural regions, the west of Aalen ’ s territory is on the foreland of the eastern Swabian Jura, and the north and north-west is on the Swabian-Franconian Uplands, both being part of the Swabian Keuper-Lias Plains.

The south-west is part of the Albuch, the east is part of the Härtsfeld, these two both being parts of the Swabian Jura.

By the 6th century AD there is evidence of the foundation of a Bavarian stem duchy whose leadership was related to the ruling Frankish ( and possibly Alemannic / Swabian ) houses.

Nothing is known about Frederick's life before this event, but he proved to be Imperial ally throughout Henry's struggles against other Swabian lords, namely Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Frederick's predecessor, and the Zähringen and Welf lords.

Baldung's most sustained effort is the altarpiece of Freiburg, where the Coronation of the Virgin, and the Twelve Apostles, the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity and Flight into Egypt, and the Crucifixion, with portraits of donors, are executed with some of that fanciful power that Martin Schongauer bequeathed to the Swabian school.

To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the splendid Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino ( 1035 – 1171 ) and the Swabian Castle built for Frederick II, which is now also a major nightlife district.

In 1322 a mention of the castle is made, which was sacked by the Swiss in 1499 during the Swabian War.

The lake is also colloquially known as the Swabian Sea ( das schwäbische Meer ).

Alsatian is closely related to other nearby Alemannic dialects, such as Swiss German, Swabian, and Markgräflerisch as well as Kaiserstühlerisch.

Genetically, Bavarian is part of the Upper German family along with Alemannic ( which includes Swabian and Swiss German ), whereas Standard German is part of the Middle German family, closer to Upper Saxon German, which – linguistically – is a Thuringian dialect.

In Germany, the Jura is lower in altitude, stretching into Bavaria in the Swabian and Franconian plateaus.

Except for the Danube in the south, the city is surrounded by forests and hills which rise to altitudes of over, some of them part of the Swabian Alb.

The city of Ulm is situated in the northern part of the North Alpine Foreland basin, where the basin reaches the Swabian Alb.

The history of the region is linked with the history of Ulm and the Swabian Alb.

The district is named after the Danube River ( German Donau ) and the Swabian Alb ( Schwäbische Alb ) mountains.

The Swabian Jura (, ( also, rarely ) ), sometimes also given the name Swabian Alps in English, is a low mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width.

The Swabian Jura and the neighbouring region have developed from one of the poorest regions of Germany to one of its richest within the past 150 years.

The Swiss Confederacy did not accept the resolutions of the Imperial Diet and explicitly refused to pay the Common Penny, one of the circumstances leading to the Swabian War of 1499 and the Confederacy's exemption from imperial legislation.

In the north one can see the Hornisgrinde ; in the north-east there's the entire range of the Swabian Alb including the Lemberg mountain, up to the left there's the Hegau volcano region.

Swabian () is one of the Alemannic dialects of High German.

Swabian is categorized as an Alemannic dialect, which in turn is one of the two types of Upper German dialects ( the other being Bavarian ).

* Kerner was one of the most inspired poets of the Swabian school.

Alemannic itself comprises a dialect continuum, from the Highest Alemannic spoken in the mountainous south to Swabian in the relatively flat north, with more of the characteristics of Standard German the farther north one goes.

At the Swabian side, he was part of a legendary " 100 goal offense " ( the goal difference that season being 100: 36 ) and in one match against SSV Jahn Regensburg he scored six goals, still the record for a 2.

The Imperial prelates were represented in the Reichstag by the envoys of the Swabian and Rhenish College, both holding one collective vote.

On May 21, the Swiss undertook a third raid in the Hegau, but abandoned the operation one week later after the city of Stockach withstood a siege long enough for Swabian relief troops to come dangerously close.

An attack by sea across Lake Constance on Rheineck and Rorschach on July 21 was one of the few successful Swabian operations.

It is one of the destinations of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route.

Dialects spoken in the Black Forest area are Alemannic and Swabian.

The " Swabian – Alemannic " carnival is an important tradition in many of the villages, called variously " Fastnacht ", " Fasnacht ", " Fasnet ", or " Fasching ".

He presumed to be of Swabian origin and was probably born at the end of the 12th century in the Alemannic ( Southwest German ) linguistic region.

While there is no standard MHG, the prestige of the Hohenstaufen court gave rise in the late 12th century to a supra-regional literary language ( mittelhochdeutsche Dichtersprache ) based on Swabian, an Alemannic dialect.

For this reason, " Swabian " is sometimes used in opposition to " Alemannic ".

*-lein e. g. " Männlein " for little man ( corresponding with English-let and-ling, Alemannic / Swabian / Swiss-lé ( Spaetzlé ),-li ( Hörnli ), Bavarian and Austrian-l, and Latin-culus '/- cula )

Before that, it was probably known as Gunzoburg ( 641 ), the seat of the Alemannic or Swabian duke Gunzo.

As for Western Austria, the dialect of the state of Vorarlberg and of a small part of North Tyrol has linguistically and culturally more in common with German-speaking Switzerland and Baden-Württemberg or Swabia in Southwest Germany as it is an Alemannic dialect like Swiss German or Swabian German.

The language area is located in the transient zone between Rhine Franconian dialects ( Hessian and Palatinate German ) in the north and Alemannic German ( Low Alemannic and Swabian German ) in the south.

The feature that distinguishes Low Alemannic from Swabian is the retention of the Middle High German monophthongs, for instance Huus ' house ' vs. Swabian Hous or Ziit ' time ' vs. Swabian Zejt.