Sorbs

Lechitic language spoken by the Sorbs

Sorbs (; ; ; ; ; ; also known as Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs and Wends) are an indigenous West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting the parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. Sorbs traditionally speak the Sorbian languages (also known as "Wendish" and "Lusatian"), which are closely related to Polish (Lechitic languages) and Czech, Slovak. Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian are officially recognized minority languages in Germany.

thumb|230px|The Limes Saxoniae border between the [[Saxons and the Lechites Obotrites, established about 810 in present-day Schleswig-Holstein]] right|230px|thumb|Germaniae veteris typus (Old Germany). Aestui, Venedi, Gythones and [[Ingaevones are visible on the right upper corner of the map. Edited by Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1645.]]

Germanisation, or Germanization, is the spread of the German language, people, and culture. It was a central idea of German conservative thought in the 19th and the 20th centuries, when conservatism and ethnic nationalism went hand in hand. In linguistics, Germanisation of non-German languages also occurs when they adopt many German words.

municipality of Germany

thumb|265px|Milchans and other Sorbian tribes during the early medieval period

frontier district on the eastern border of East Francia

Christian mystic