Bavarians
Ethnographic group of Germans of the Bavaria region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Bavarians?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Bavarians (Bavarian: Boarn, Standard German: Baiern) are an ethnographic group of Germans of the Bavaria region, a state within Germany. The group's dialect or speech is known as the Bavarian language, native to Altbayern ("Old Bavaria"), roughly the territory of the Electorate of Bavaria in the 17th century.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2013) |
Total population | |
---|---|
c. 15 million | |
Languages | |
Bavarian German | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholic majority, with a few Protestant minorities | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Germanic peoples (especially Germans), (romanized) Celtic peoples |
Like the neighboring Austrians, Bavarians are traditionally Catholic. In much of Altbayern, membership in the Catholic Church remains above 70%,[1] and the center-right Christian Social Union in Bavaria (successor of the Bavarian People's Party of 1919ā1933) has traditionally been the strongest party in the Landtag,[2] and also the party of all Ministers-President of Bavaria since 1946, with the single exception of Wilhelm Hoegner, 1954ā1957.