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2022/4/28 下午 4:50 Gesetz über die Ausgestaltung der Rechte der Sorben/Wenden im Land Brandenburg (Sorben/Wenden-Gesetz - SWG)
be given the opportunity to learn the Lower Sorbian language. The sponsors of day-care centers

and schools in the ancestral settlement area are obliged to inform parents as well as pupils in time
about the possibilities to learn and maintain the Lower Sorbian language.

(2) In the day care centers and schools in the ancestral settlement area, Sorbian/Wendish history
and culture are to be included in the play design and educational work in an age-appropriate
manner.

(3) In cooperation with the Free State of Saxony, the state shall promote the qualification of
teachers in the Lower Sorbian language and for bilingual instruction within the framework of teacher
training in order to achieve the educational goals set forth in paragraph 1. Appropriate practical
language and didactic training as well as knowledge of Lower Sorbian/Wendish in the fields of

linguistics, literature, history and cultural studies must be ensured.

(4) For educators in daycare centers, the state promotes education, training and continuing

education in the Lower Sorbian language.

(5) The state ensures the teaching of knowledge of Sorbian/Wendish history and culture as part of

the education, training and continuing education of educators and teachers. It advertises the
aforementioned education, training and continuing education programs.

(6) At schools with Lower Sorbian as the language of instruction, teachers who are proficient in the
Lower Sorbian language should be employed.

(7) The preservation and maintenance of the Sorbian/Wendish language and culture is promoted
through offers in further education for adults.

(8) In the traditional settlement area, the state works to ensure that the interests of the Sorbs/Wends
and the acquisition of Lower Sorbian language skills are appropriately taken into account in the
training and further education offered to public administration employees, and advertises these
offers.

§ 11
Bilingual inscription in the ancestral settlement area

(1) Public buildings and facilities, streets, roads, squares, bridges and place-name signs in the

ancestral settlement area as well as signs pointing to them shall be marked in German and Lower
Sorbian.

(2) The state of Brandenburg works towards ensuring that other buildings in the ancestral settlement
area are also labeled in German and Lower Sorbian, insofar as they have significance for the public.

§ 12
Media

(1) Sorbian/Wendish culture and language are to be given appropriate consideration in the

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