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Zusammenfassung

This article investigates important factors concerning the urban identity of the inhabitants of Regensburg and their linguistic manifestation. In interviews with citizens of Regensburg five characteristic factors emerged, which lead to the core factor, the popular idea of Regensburg as a linguistic enclave of the Middle Bavarian dialect surrounded by North Bavarian. The article shows how this idea became part of the cultural memory in Regensburg.