What are differences in German culture, people and Slavic culture, people? any common origin in past?

Answer 1

There is no neat dividing line between Germanic and Slavic culture. For example, the Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, even Slovenes and Croatians to some extent, all have very Western cultures due to their long association with the Roman Catholic Church.

On the other hand, Russians, Serbs and Bulgarians have essentially Byzantine cultures due to their equally long association with Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The Ukrainians started out as having a Byzantine culture but some western influences came into the country in the 17th century as a result of Polish rule. Some Ukrainians even converted to Catholocism during this period.

The Germanic peoples have had cultures that are exclusively Western. They were all originally associated with the Roman Catholic church. None had any contacts with the Byzantines. The Protestant reformation in some Germanic countries didn't change the picture very much since Protestantism was an offshoot of Roman Catholicism and still had a Western character.

The Germans, Slavs and Lithuanians all have a common origin in an original Indo-European family which existed somewhere between 4000 and 3000 B.C. Celtic, Armenian, Albanian, Greek, Indo-Iranian, Italic and Latin were all part of this Proto-Indo-European group too. However, these branches of Indo-European seem to have separated from Germanic earlier than Slavic and Lithuanian did.

In some areas, there are no sharp distinctions between who is Slavic and who is Germanic. For example, some East Germans, especially Sorbs and Lusatians are of Slavic origin even though many of them now speak German. At the same time, there appears to be a significant Germanic element in the Polish and Czechoslovak populations even though they speak Slavic languages. As late as the 6th century A.D., Poland and Czechoslovakia were still occupied by Teutonic (Germanic) tribes like the Vandals, Franks, Burgundians and Marcomanni. The Slavs invaded this region from White Russia in the late 6th and 7th centuries along with the Avars, a Mongol people, but neither of them completely displaced the earlier populations which appear to have been Germanic or mixed Celtic an Germanic. They merely imposed their rule and their Slavonic languages on them. Later conversions to Catholic Christianity (9th and 10th centuries), plus their geographic proximities to France and Germany, ensured that all of them would be part of the Western European cultural world.

Answer 2

Brennus says a lot although I do not quite understand the distinction he makes between Western European and Eastern European cultures. He uses a historical explanation dating centuries back (the common Byzantine based culture and religion) to describe a modern state of things which is the result of a long history of various influences. The difference between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox for instance is not bigger than the difference between Catholicism and Protestantism. In fact Christianity does form a kind of basis for almost all European states.
And yes, Germanic tribes and Slavs had a common origin and still have similar cultures, especially in the areas they share or where they are close neighbours. The biggest differences are the result of later developments like Ottoman rule, Communist rule, etc.

Answer 3

The Germanic people thought the Slavic people like Jews and Russians sub human

Answer 4

as we talk there are extensive adjustments. Language, national id, faith, history etc. nevertheless i'm German (raided in Germany) i would be unable to % out with a Czech or somebody of slavic good in any respect. Even interior of Germany, a Berliner has a stressful time figuring out with a Bavarian, for the comparable motives of language, national id, faith and history. there is not any doubt that we proportion an undemanding ancestry yet that makes little distinction as we talk.

Answer 5

totaly different ethnic groups however they have been intermingling for the best part of 2000 years