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Post by radovic on May 29, 2008 10:53:15 GMT -5
Lusatian Serb to become first minister of Saxony 29 May 2008 The new first minister of the German state of Saxony will be Lusatian Serb Stanislaw Tillich, the country’s first non-German head of a federal state.
Last weekend, Tillich (49) was elected head of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) provincial committee, following the resignation of Georg Milbradt who is suspected of abuse of powers.
Since 2007, Tillich has been Saxon minister of finance, but despite his lofty position, he continues to live in the small Lusatian village of Neudörfel.
The number of Lusatian Serbs living in Saxony, the province with the most vibrant economy among the former GDR states, has fallen to 100,000, the majority of whom live on the Czech-Polish border between the Laba and Niesse rivers.
Today, less than 100,000 Serbs live in the Lusatia region of Saxony.
Their conflict with the German government over financing their culture and providing education in their mother tongue is about to culminate in the next couple of days, in anticipation of which they are preparing a protest in front of the Bundestag in Berlin.
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Post by niquetamere on May 29, 2008 11:41:17 GMT -5
Serb or SORB?
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Post by kasso on May 29, 2008 12:08:20 GMT -5
Sorb!
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Post by MiG on May 29, 2008 12:21:54 GMT -5
Yeah, it's Sorb. But they're kind of interchangeable.
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Post by radovic on May 29, 2008 12:28:45 GMT -5
Lusatian Serb is the direct translation of the Slavic anme for the Sorbs. Furthermore, there is a Sorb war hero who fought for Serbia in WWI (his son also thought for the Chetniks in WWII and was executed by the Germans): Pavle Jurišiæ Šturm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavle_Juri%C5%A1i%C4%87_%C5%A0turm
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Post by Banatski on May 29, 2008 16:04:57 GMT -5
"Sorb" is the english term used for lusatian Serbs, in order not to mix them with southern ones. They call themselves "Serbja" or "Serby", not "Sorby"... Take a look at one of their discussion forums: interserb.de/
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Post by kasso on May 29, 2008 16:12:30 GMT -5
Are they related to Serbs of the Balkan Peninsula?
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Post by Banatski on May 29, 2008 16:23:29 GMT -5
Are they related to Serbs of the Balkan Peninsula? Not very much... More than a millennium has passed since we had our ways separated. Today they are more similar to Czechs and Poles, but there are still great similarities between us (language, traditions etc.)
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Post by srbobran on May 29, 2008 17:13:46 GMT -5
Nevertheless, the Sorbs are indeed an integral part of Serbian history.
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Post by wachojacko on May 29, 2008 17:33:57 GMT -5
Srbija do Nemacke
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Post by Novi Pazar on May 29, 2008 20:17:33 GMT -5
"Are they related to Serbs of the Balkan Peninsula?"
Yes, they are the slavs that slavicized the natives in the Balkan Peninsula.
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Post by Novus Dis on May 30, 2008 0:43:11 GMT -5
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Post by Kralj Vatra on May 30, 2008 1:08:12 GMT -5
AWESOME!!! I wonder about their music, also i am curious if they speak Jekavica or Ekavica or Kajkavica. The name of the politician Stanislaw Tillich, was the clue of the story!!
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Post by balkanac on Aug 25, 2011 4:26:26 GMT -5
AWESOME!!! I wonder about their music, also i am curious if they speak Jekavica or Ekavica or Kajkavica. The name of the politician Stanislaw Tillich, was the clue of the story!! The Sorbs? They speak their own language. Their relation to Serbo-Croatian is as much as any other slavic language. Upper Sorbian: Wšitcy čłowjekojo su wot naroda swobodni a su jenacy po dostojnosći a prawach. Woni su z rozumom a swědomjom wobdarjeni a maja mjezsobu w duchu bratrowstwa wobchadźeć. Lower Sorbian: Wšykne luźe su lichotne roźone a jadnake po dostojnosći a pšawach. Woni maju rozym a wědobnosć a maju ze sobu w duchu bratšojstwa wobchadaś.
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Post by missanthropology58 on Aug 25, 2011 9:32:56 GMT -5
Any single Greeks?
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Post by ioan on Sept 17, 2011 3:43:39 GMT -5
"Are they related to Serbs of the Balkan Peninsula?" Yes, they are the slavs that slavicized the natives in the Balkan Peninsula. A LIE. 6 century - slavs (Sklavinians, Antes) come to the Balkans. 7 century (1 CENTURY LATER) - the serbs migration to the Balkans is mentioned. Conclusion: the Balkan natives were slavicized by the slavs that came BEFORE the serbs. Also the original serbs werent even a slavs!!!
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Post by ulf on Sept 17, 2011 6:24:46 GMT -5
"Are they related to Serbs of the Balkan Peninsula?" Yes, they are the slavs that slavicized the natives in the Balkan Peninsula. A LIE. 6 century - slavs (Sklavinians, Antes) come to the Balkans. 7 century (1 CENTURY LATER) - the serbs migration to the Balkans is mentioned. Conclusion: the Balkan natives were slavicized by the slavs that came BEFORE the serbs. Also the original serbs werent even a slavs!!! Serbs who came to Balkans in late 7th century were very Slavic ;D Modern Lusatian Serbs are testament to it - currently the most Slavic nation, genetically speaking. Oh, Serbs weren't Slavs? So what were they? Uralic Bulgars? ;D Other Slavs who came to Balkans before Serbs lived in isolated settlements and so did the Byzantines as well, its been anthropologically recorded
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Post by ioan on Sept 17, 2011 6:38:09 GMT -5
I m not guilty you dont know your real history (thats why u go on and on and on how you are the biggest slavs). Go on and read some roman/byzantine authors and search for Serboi.
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Post by ulf on Sept 17, 2011 8:24:53 GMT -5
I m not guilty you dont know your real history (thats why u go on and on and on how you are the biggest slavs). Go on and read some roman/byzantine authors and search for Serboi. Please don't weep. I don't find Byzantine/Roman sources trusting
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Post by ioan on Sept 17, 2011 10:11:01 GMT -5
there are no other from that time... so I guess you prefer your fantasy to the sources
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