Bavarian

…development was determined by the Bavarians in a struggle with the Slavs, who were invading from the east, and by the Alemanni, who settled in what is now Vorarlberg. The Bavarians were under the political influence of the Franks, whereas the Slavs had Avar rulers. At the time of their…

…for novels and sketches of Bavarian peasant life, such as Kalender-Geschichten, 2 vol. (1929, rev. 1957; “Calendar Stories”). Graf’s writing is marked by frank realism and by his own socialist and pacifist beliefs, but these are tempered by humorous affection for his subjects.