What is Stiffoller?
The Stiffoller are a subgroup of the [[Danube Swabians]]. In about 25 villages distributed in [[Baranya county (historical)]], and the Main City [[Pécs]], as well as two to three villages in [[Tolna county (historical)]], settled from 1720. Roman [[Catholic]] [[Germans|German]] Settlers from the Hochstift [[Fulda (district)]] and surroundings.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fuldaerzeitung.de/fulda/wendelin-priller-fulda-rhoen-asuwanderer-stifoller-ungarn-kirmes-platt-91913534.html | title=Rhöner Platt und Kirmes in Ungarn - vor 300 Jahren wanderten die Stifoller aus }}</ref> Over time, a separate dialect developed, the so-called '''Stiffulerische Schvovisch'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christoph-kaeppeler.de/Rhoner_O-Tone/Mundart/mundart.html | title=Rhöner Mundart }}</ref ><ref>https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/152751</ref> <ref>https://www.sulinet.hu/oroksegtar/data/magyarorszagi_nemzetisegek/nemetek/beitrage_zur_volkskunde_der_ungarndeutsche/1981/pages/005_volkstract_der_fuldaer. htm</ref> A type of [[Sausage]] was also named after the Stifolders.<ref>https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf</ref> In Germany, in [[Gingen an der Fils|Gingen]] from 1983 to 2010, the Museum of the Danube Swabians from Lower Baranya was run by the Lower Baranya working group, since a number of Stiffollers from Lower Baranya were transferred to [[Baden-Württemberg]] in the [[American occupation zone]] from 1945–1946, by the order of [[Potsdam Conference]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sulinet.hu/oroksegtar/data/magyarorszagi_nemzetisegek/nemetek/branau_baranya/pages/003_vorwort.htm | title=Vorwort }}</ref> There is also in honor a street named the Stiffollerweg in Petersberg near Fulda.<ref>https://www.meinestadt.de/petersberg-fulda/stadtplan/strasse/stiffollerweg</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Austria-Hungary]] [[Category:Germanic peoples]] {{europe-stub}}