Editing Dithmarschen (section)

===Language===
High German is by now the dominant language but [[Low German]] in its [[Holsteinisch]] version still has a place in informal conversation. Until the 1960s Low German was the prevailing language of everyday communication. Most Ditmarsians born before 1960 still consider Low German their mother tongue. Low German is more common in rural regions than in urban regions and more likely to be spoken by older Ditmarsians.

The best known author of "high literature" in Low German was [[Klaus Groth]] from Heide. The best known Low German speaker in Germany today is probably [[Wilhelm Wieben]], former anchorman of the popular German news [[Tagesschau (Germany)|Tagesschau]], who now produces Low German [[audiobook]]s. Only two episodes of the popular crime television show ''[[Tatort]]'' carried subtitles for its German audience. One of these episodes centered its plot in Dithmarschen: the Low German in the dialogue was thought to be too difficult for a generic German audience to follow.