A Beginners' Guide to Offline Language Materials: Low Saxon (Low German)

Berend's Huus an Huusbladtie met neis uut de olde lantschap Drenthe (in Drenthe Low Saxon)

Clara Kramer-Freudenthal vertellt: Neddersassische (nedderdüütsche, plattdüütsche) Vertelln, Riemels un Rezepten / Low Saxon (Low German) Stories, Poems and Recipes by Clara Kramer-Freudenthal, with English Translations by Reinhard F. Hahn (also at http://online.sh/freudenthal and http://online.sh/platt)

Die Bibliothek des Plattdütsch Vereen Quickborn zu Berlin in der Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin [The Library of the Low German Association Quickborn in Berlin at the University Library of the Free University Berlin] (an overview in German by Ulrich Goerdten)

Bits & Books (a collection of links to WWW pages - under construction)

Bloots to'n Ankieken [Just to Look at] (A Low Saxon (Low German) short story by Clara Kramer-Freudenthal)

Büsum 1950: Ole Postkort'n [Buesum 1950: Old postcards]

Contact addresses for Low Saxon language and culture

Deutsche Dialekte: die Wenkerschen Testsätze zur Mundartforschung [German Dialects: Wenker's dialectology test sentences] (treats Low Saxon [now officially an independent language in two countries] as a group of German dialects; presented in German with sound samples.)

Diesel, dat oostfreeske Bladdje online [Thistle: the East Frisian magazine online] (a site dedicated to Eastern Friesland, presented by East Frisians (Germany) in Low Saxon, Dutch, German and English, sponsored by Oostfreeske Taal)

Erich Andersen's pages about Low German (in German)

Het Digitoale Gat [The Digital Countrytown] (in Low Saxon of the Netherlands)

A few Words about Low Saxon (Low German) / Ein paar Worte über das Niedersächsische (Niederdeutsche, Plattdeutsche) (an introduction in English and German)

FriesMusiek - Musik van de PlattPlanet: Musik van Ostfreeske Gruppen un Ledermakers ut Emden un de Kuntrei [FriesMusiek - Music from the Platt Planet: Music by East Frisian bands and song writers from Emden and surrounding areas] (in East Frisian Low Saxon -- with sound samples in RealAudio format!)

Grunneger Bladziede (a periodical in and about the dialect of Grunnen/Groningen, Netherlands)

Heimatverein Rüdinghausen: Texte aus der Jahresschrift 'Unser Dorf' [Regional Association Rüdinghausen: texts from the annual periodical Unser Dorf (Our Village)] (in the Low Saxon varieties of the Dortmund area, Westphalia, Germany)

Heuftziede Tweants/neddersassies plat (Index page for sites in and about Low Saxon of Twente and elsewhere)

INS Presse (News and views regarding Low Saxon [Low German] - a superb resource for current developments, provided by the Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache - in German)

in the still / in de still': poems in English and Low Saxon (Low German)

Institut för nedderdüütsch Spraak / Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache (Home page of the Institute for Low Saxon [Low German] language, Bremen, Germany)

Kiek an! [Look there!] (A promising page for native speakers and learners presented by Ute Biemüller of Lohe-Rickelshof in Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; in Low Saxon and German)

Kjenn Jie noch Plautdietsch?: a Mennonite Low German dictionary (interactive Plautdietsch-English-Plautdietsch with English information by Herman Rempel)

Krödde - Grunneger Tiedschrift (a magazine in the dialect of Grunnen/Groningen, Netherlands)

Lesen, Singen und darstellendes Spiel in plattdeutscher Sprache [Reading, Singing and Performing Play in the Low German Language] (presented by staff and students at Tettens Elementary School in Wangerland, Germany -- in German and Low Saxon)

The Lowlands Orthography for Low Saxon (Low German) (the basic principles)

Low Saxon (Low German) Language & Culture in North America

Kjenn Jie Noch Plautdietsch? [Do you remember Plautdietsch?] (an interactive online dictionary of Mennonite Low Saxon [Low German] by Herman Rempel; Plautdietsch-English, English-Plautdietsch)

De Moespot: Drie maondeleks tiedschrift van het Verbond van Neersasse Dialectkringen [The Stew Pot: three-monthly journal of the Union of Low Saxon Dialect Associations]

Dat Moor [Moorland] (Thorgeir Holm's display of Klaus Groth's poem)

Mundart (under construction - a page series for German and Low Saxon [Low German] dialects)

Nedderdüütsch Dichten - ehrgüstern, güstern un vundaag: Eenmaal verdwars dör uns' Literatur [Low German Poetry Past and Present: an overview of our literature] (A superb introduction in Low Saxon [Low German])

Nedersaksisch in Nederland / Low Saxon in the Netherlands / Niedersächsisch in den Niederlanden / Neddersassisch in de Nedderlannen (an introduction by Henk Bloemhoff in Dutch, with English, German and Low Saxon [Low German] translations by R. F. Hahn)

Niederdeutsch/Plattdeutsch in Westfalen [Low German in Westphalia] (a German language site dedicated to the Low Saxon dialects of Westphalia, Germany, with language samples)

De Oare Útjouwerij: De Andere uitgeverij: Voor literatuur, poëzie, beeldende kunst, streektalen en gelegenheidswerk [The Other Publishing House: for literature, poetry, visual arts, regional languages, and occasional works] (great resource for those interested in autochtonous diversity in the Netherlands)

Op Bernsteen: a Low Saxon short story by Ada-Verena Gass (in two orthographies and with an English translation)

Ostfriesland: Literatur [Eastern Friesland: literature] (in German)

Plat(t) Online (A Low Saxon (Low German) web network)

Plattdeutsch für Anfänger [Low German for Beginners] (in German, presented by Radio Bremen 3 Melodie)

Plattdeutsche Volkslieder [Low German Folksongs] (Geoff Grainger's site dedicated to Low Saxon folksongs of Germany)

Plattdüütsch in Amerika [Low German in America] (Contains Low Saxon songs written by immigrants to America in earlier days)

Plattdüütsch Nahrichten [Low Saxon (Low German) News] (Real regional, national and international news -- with RealAudio sound files! -- from Radio Bremen 3 Melodie, in a language that some people consider fossilized and incapable of making it in the real world of today.  An excellent site not only for people who know the language but also for those who wish to learn it. Bravo to Radio Bremen!)

Plattdüütschzentrum Haus Mecklenburg (Low Saxon [Low German] center in Ratzeborg/Ratzeburg, Germany; in Low Saxon)

Plattdütsch Web-Ring (a web ring for Low Saxon [Low German,] by Hans Christophersen; in German)

De Sied vun PlattMaster [PlattMaster's Page]

De plattyske sprog [The Low German language] (a Danish introduction to Low Saxon by Hans Christophersen)

Plautdietsch??? (An introduction to Mennonite Low Saxon [Low German] by Peter Wiens, in German and Plautdietsch)

De Plautdietsche Aikj / The Low German Corner (a Mennonite Low Saxon resource page by Chris Cox, in Plautdietsch and English)

Regionale Woordenboeken (REWO) [Regional Dictionaries] (a major resource center for Dutch and Low Saxon dialect studies, in Dutch)

De Sammelsuuskassen [The Sundries Box] (A collection of new Low Saxon (Low German) writing)

A Sample of Modern Northern Low Saxon (Low German) Poetry (in Northern Low Saxon (Germany), English, German, and Dutch)

Schriefwiezer [Orthographic Guide] (guidelines for a spelling proposal for the dialect of Twente, Netherlands)

Schrieversbond Oaveriessel [Overijssel Writers' Association]

Vun ,,Aant'' bit ,,Wuppdi'': Neddersassische (nedderdüütsche) Wöör to't Högen un Beholen [From Aant to Wuppdi: Low Saxon (Low German) words to enjoy and remember] (An annotated list of words and their usage, in English and German, with sound files)

The Wren (a Low Saxon [Low German] tale in two orthographies, with English, Dutch and German translations)

Yamada Language Guide to Lower Saxon