Hiwwe wie Driwwe


Hiwwe wie Driwwe, which means "Over here as over there", is the title of the only existing Pennsylvania German language newspaper.

Publication

Since 1997 the publication is distributed twice a year. More than 100 Pennsylvania German authors—members of Lutheran and UCC churches as well as Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonites—have already contributed pieces of prose, poems and newspaper articles. The founder and publisher is Michael Werner, who also served as president of the German-Pennsylvanian Association between 2003 and 2010. On their websites, one can find poems, stories, videos and lessons in the dialect. In 2011, Hiwwe wie Driwwe has created a "Hiwwe wie Driwwe Award for Pennsylvania German Literature" in cooperation with the Palatine Writers Contest in Bockenheim and Kutztown University's Pennsylvania German Minor Program. Since 2013, Hiwwe wie Driwwe is printed in Pennsylvania, and in 2015, the editorial headquarter was moved to the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University.

Editors

The publication was founded in 1996. Since 2013, an editorial team is responsible for the whole publishing process.
YearPublisherEditorCo-EditorsPrinted in
1996-2013Michael WernerMichael Werner-Ebertsheim, Föhren
2013-2015Michael WernerMichael WernerPatrick Donmoyer, Amanda RichardsonEphrata
since 2015Michael WernerPatrick Donmoyer, Michael Werner :pdc:Douglas Madenford, Edward Quinter Reading, Ephrata

The website was started in January 2002 and features various Pennsylvania German programs.
#YearAuthorProgram
1.2002-Michael Werner: 'S Katz Deitsch SchtickBlog
2.2002-2003Paul Bittner: Pennsylvania German Web Radio Audio Podcast
3.2002-2006C. Richard Beam: 'S Pennsylvanisch Deitsch Eck Texts
4.2007Alice Spayd: Pennsylvania German Web Class Audio Podcast
5.2008-Michael Werner: Hiwwe wie Driwwe Web TVVideos
6.2009-Douglas Madenford: Nau loss mich yuscht ebbes saageBlog
7.2011-2013Virgil Schrock: Interviews with Pennsylvania GermansVideos
8.2013-2014Douglas Madenford: Pennsylvania Dutch 101 Videos
9.2014-Douglas Madenford & Chris LaRose: Ask a Pennsylvania DutchmanVideos
10.2015-Patrick Donmoyer: Die Pennsylvanisch-Deitsch Schtunn Videos
11.2016-Douglas Madenford: Your PA Dutch MinuteVideos
12.2017Peter Zacharias & Edwin Zacharias: Pennsylvania German DictionaryOnline Dictionary
13.2017-Luella Reed Sebo: Easy Deitsch Videos
14.2018-Jeffrey Tapler: "Uncle Jeffrey" Videos

Winners of the Award

#YearWinner
1.2011Richard Savidge : 'S iss Winder im Daal
2.2012Kevin Sterner : Middagesse in de Zwansicher
3.2013Don Breininger : Chocolate Cookies
4.2014Glynn Custred : En seltsame Schtori
5.2015Kevin Sterner : De Yahreszeide ihre Dod
6.2016Edward Quinter : Mei Bax
7.2017Edward Quinter : Die Welle
8.2018Patrick Donmoyer : Die Wandrer
9.2019Patrick Donmoyer : Gemahn mich wie

Books

Hiwwe wie Driwwe’s Featured Artist of the Year

Scientific reception

David L Valuska & William Donner, Kutztown University : "This journal and an associated internet site are leading sources for information about the Pennsylvania German language.”
Patrick Donmoyer, Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University : „Hiwwe wie Driwwe is the most widely-known dialect publication in the world for Pennsylvania German / Palatine German dialect, with a strong readership throughout the US, Canada and Europe.”
C. Richard Beam, Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at Millersville University : "Hiwwe wie Driwwe has succeeded in establishing a bridge between the Old and the New World and it has succeeded in the preservation of the Pennsylvania German dialect and culture.”
Sheily Rohrer, Penn State University : "Started as a newspaper by Michael Werner in Ebertsheim, Germany, Hiwwe wie Driwwe on the internet and in print has mediated a transnational conversation of dialect writers with one another."
Claire Noble, Colorado : "In 1890, there were more than 1,000 German-language newspapers in America. Today, only a handful remains, such as Hiwwe wie Driwwe, the last remaining German newspaper in Pennsylvania."