Carpathian Germans are a group of ethnic Germans in Central and Eastern Europe. The term was coined by the historian Raimund Friederich Kaindl, originally generally referring to the German-speaking po
Westungarischer Grenzbote, 1891
Memorial dedicated to several expelled ethnic German groups from Central and Eastern Europe in Linz, Austria (the third coat-of-arms in the middle being that of the Carpathian Germans).
Memorial plaque commemorating expelled Carpathian Germans, Bratislava
Plate in the Slovak Museum of German Culture in Bratislava
The Zipser Germans, Zipser Saxons, or, simply, just Zipsers are a German-speaking sub-ethnic group in Central-Eastern Europe, part of the German diaspora, and national minority in both Slovakia and Ro
Carpathian Germans
…Maramuresch) region of Romania. Since the First World War, only the Germans of Slovakia (the Slovak Germans or Slowakeideutsche, including the Zipser Germans) and those of Carpathian Ruthenia in Ukraine have commonly been called Carpathian Germans. Germans settled in the northern territory of the medieval…
The coat of arms of the former Szepes County, Upper Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary, where the Zipser Saxons were settled during the High Middle Ages
Spišská Kapitula (German: Zipser Kapitel) and Spiš Castle (German: Zipser Burg), as seen in winter time.
The iconic Spišský hrad (German: Zipser Burg), one of the most well preserved medieval castles in Central Europe and a historical landmark of the Spiš region.
The historical town centre of Levoča (German: Leutschau)