High Germany

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Proper noun

1. (dated, geography) Southern Germany, the high-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the Alps.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2 ↗:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

2. (dated, linguistics) those areas where High German is traditionally spoken, i.e. central Germany, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, Alsace, Luxembourg, eastern Belgium, and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); at various historic times including different, often wider, territories.

Synonyms

• higher Germany
• south Germany, Southern Germany

Related terms

• Low Germany

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