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Splitted Germany Map.png What if Germany was splitted (more than 2) after WW2. The idea is that Germany's border will stay intact (except East Prussia and the majority Polish parts of Upper Silesia) but it will be splitted up in the following nations; Prussia, Bavaria, Hanover, Rhineland, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Westphalia, Saxony, Mecklenburg, Thuringia and Schleswig-Holstein (both Prussia and Saxony have autonomous Sorbian regions, while Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein have autonomous Frisian and Danish areas.) . No reunification in any way, forced degermanisation though adoption of local dialects like Bavarian, Alemannic, Low German (which would be called Low Saxon or something like that) etc..., degermanisation of local orthography for example (I'm using Tweants, even though it's Low German in the Netherlands, but you'll get the point.) instead of typical Low German "Den Suldaat schreev an sien Moder, dat he gau wedder to Huus kömm." a more Dutch like "n Soldoat skreef an zien moo dat e gauw wier thoes köm.". High German dialects like Bavarian or even Thuringian might be harder to degermanisation than Low German though. In school for example there will be less history lessons about Pan-German history and more Local history, building stronger relations with nations like the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland etc... and if there are lessons of Pan-German then they are negative topics like the Herero and Namaqua genocide, forced germanisation of Poles and other West Slavic people (especially in East German nations like Saxony and Prussia) and of course the Holocaust. Maybe there will be a renewal trend of using Sorbian, Polabian and other West Slavic languages around East German Nations, it would degermanize them and would bring closer relations with Poland and Czechoslovakia. How would Culture and Politics evolve around these new states and their surrounding neighbours? I could imagine good Dutch relationships with the Low German speaking areas. Schleswig-Holstein becoming a part of the Nordic council. Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Austria being part of Visegrad. What do you think?
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