The Kursenieki (Latvian: kursenieki, German: Kuren – 'Curonians', Lithuanian: kuršininkai, kuršiai) are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living along...
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The Kursenieki language (Kursenieki: kursisk valuod, German: Nehrungskurisch; Latvian: kursenieku valoda; Lithuanian: kuršininkų kalba) or Curonian language...
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Curonian Spit (section Kursenieki habitation)
primarily by Kursenieki, with a significant German minority in the south and a Lithuanian minority in the north. The population of Kursenieki eventually...
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Gdańsk Bay (section Kursenieki)
role in the American animated television series Metalocalypse. Today the Kursenieki, also known as Kuršininkai, are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living...
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In addition, there is some disagreement whether Standard Latgalian and Kursenieki, which are mutually intelligible with Latvian, should be considered varieties...
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Ethnic minorities in Lithuania (section Kursenieki)
classified in the Census - and the historically important Latvian-speaking Kursenieki. From 1918 to 1924 two ministries were specifically dedicated to ethnic...
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Sambia Peninsula (section Kursenieki)
1991, much of the district was a closed military area. While today the Kursenieki, also known as Kuršininkai are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living...
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Vistula Spit (section Kursenieki)
Instrument of Surrender was signed. Historically Vistula Spit was populated by Kursenieki people (also known as Kuršininkai), an Old Prussian tribe, related to...
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Nida (German: Nidden, Kursenieki: Nīde) is a resort town in Lithuania, the administrative centre of Neringa municipality. Located on the Curonian Spit...
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Masurians (248,000 in 1905), Lithuanians (101,500 in 1905), Walloons, Czechs, Kursenieki, and Sorbs. The area of Greater Poland, where the Polish nation had originated...
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Sorbian Lower Sorbian Polabian Lithuanian Old Prussian (until 18th century) Kursenieki Yiddish French Dutch Religion Statewide majority: Protestantism (Lutheran...
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although High Prussian was spoken in Warmia. The numbers of Masurians, Kursenieki and Prussian Lithuanians decreased over time due to the process of Germanization...
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large number of Polish-speaking Poles, Jewish Poles, Latvian-speaking Kursenieki, Flemings, and Dutch. In addition, a number of Scots took refuge or migrated...
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Kantvainiai (German: Kantwaggen – today part of Priekulė) and were of Kursenieki origin. Kant was baptized as Emanuel and later changed the spelling of...
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The Kursenieki are also sometimes known as Curonians. The Curonians or Kurs (Latvian: kurši; Lithuanian: kuršiai) were a medieval Baltic tribe living on...
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229,000 declared Kashubian as their first or second ethnicity. Kursenieki The Kursenieki, also known as Kuronowie Pruscy and Kurończycy in Polish and Kuršininkai...
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Ducal Prussia. The surrounding area was inhabited by Poles, Germans and Kursenieki. Following the First Partition of Poland, the territory formed part of...
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Selsoviet, Nizhnyaya Bulanka), Lithuania (Klaipėda County) Latgalians, Kursenieki, Selonians Christianity → Protestantism → Lutheranism Laz Kartvelian →...
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Poles (Warmians, Masurians, and Powiślans), Prussian Lithuanians, and Kursenieki Lauenburg and Bütow Land and former Starostwo of Draheim under intensified...
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Kursi All pages with titles containing Kursi Kuršiai, certain ethnic Kursenieki inhabitants of Lithuania and former East Prussia Latvian This disambiguation...
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that is now Kaliningrad Oblast. Curonian spit in 1649, inhabited by the Kursenieki Resort town of Cranz (Zelenogradsk today) as it looked circa 1900. It...
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Czech, Moravian, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Polabian, Lithuanian, Kursenieki, Yiddish, Wymysorys, French, Dutch Religion Majority: Protestantism (Lutheran...
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Russia called Kaliningrad Oblast. The nearly extinct ethnic group the Kursenieki lived in the surrounding area. The Lagoon, formed about 7,000 years BCE...
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thrived in the part of the region known as Lithuania Minor, while the Kursenieki lived along the coast in the vicinity of the Curonian and Vistula Spits...
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Vistula Fens (section Kursenieki)
covers the easternmost part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. While today the Kursenieki, also known as Kuršininkai are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living...
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the office was abolished. Duchy of Prussia Kingdom of Prussia Pomerelia Kursenieki Kashubia Warmia The plague during the Great Northern War Biskup, Marian;...
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kans newede munis lawnā padomā swalbadi munis nowusse loyne Jhesus amen. Kursenieki language Haarmann, Harald (2002). "Kurisch" [Curonian]. In Miloš Okuka...
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Pervalka (Kursenieki: Pērvelka, German: Perwelk) is a small settlement located on the Curonian Spit in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. Administratively, it...
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Nemunas Delta (section Kursenieki)
93 km², and the only lake of marine origin in Lithuania. While today the Kursenieki, also known as Kuršininkai are a nearly extinct Baltic ethnic group living...
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(they live in seven villages between Kuldīga and Aizpute in Courland) Kursenieki (although they adopted a Latvian dialect, with Curonian substrate, they...
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