[Hey Eugen, does Guggenmusik extend to Munich?]
First time I heard of it. It's mostly limited to the
south-west, according to http://guggemap.speedyweb.at/api_v2/
index.php?action=map
My best guess is that this geography represents a restriction, at
least among german speakers (who seem to be much better represented
on guggemap), to the allemannic dialect regions.
(with the borders remaining fairly conservative over nearly a millenium)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alamannien_Hochburgund_ca_1000.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alemannisch.png
Interestingly, the guggemap distribution for .de, in both northern
(well into frankish dialect) and eastern extents (restricted to B-W,
only a few outliers in Bayern?), could also be approximated by the
borders of the Germania Superior of Roman times.
http://www.antikefan.de/Staetten/Deutschland/limes/bild1.html
But that probably just reflects some underlying geography which has
driven the cultural and political borders, both in I and in XXI.
-Dave
(in comparing the following constructions:
http://www.antikefan.de/Staetten/Deutschland/limes/lorch/limesturm.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower
one may note both the technical and the moral progress of humanity
over nearly two millennia...)
