Editing German folklore (section)

{{Short description|Expressive culture of Germany and German-speaking countries}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2024}}{{Germany culture}}[[File:Hansel-and-gretel-rackham.jpg|thumb|Illustration of ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'', a well-known German folktale from the [[Brothers Grimm]], by [[Arthur Rackham]], 1909]]

'''German folklore''' is the [[Folklore|folk tradition]] which has developed in [[Germany]] over a number of centuries. Seeing as Germany was [[States of the German Confederation|divided into numerous polities]] for most of its history, this term might both refer to the folklore of Germany proper and of all [[German-speaking countries]], this wider definition including folklore of [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]] as well as the German-speaking parts of [[Swiss folklore|Switzer]][[German-speaking Switzerland|land]], [[Luxembourg]], [[German-speaking Community of Belgium|Belgium]], and [[South Tyrol|Italy]].