The bunny school in Erzgebirge dialect delights young and old alike

Also available in Hessian, Swabian, Kölsch and Franconian

The volume has since been published by Edition Tintenfaß. Although the book has its roots in Saxony, "De Hosenschul" is not the first dialect version. The story already exists in other dialects such as Hessian, Swabian, Kölsch and Franconian.

The book will be officially presented in Kirchberg at the beginning of October. Initiator Anja Roocke from the local Kulturinsel is more than satisfied with the result. She is pleased that many beautiful Erzgebirge words such as Lumich or Kriepel appear in the text, she told the German Press Agency.

Sixtus (1892-1960) wrote the verses in 1922 in Kirchberg, where he was living and working as a teacher at the time. Illustrated by Fritz Koch-Gotha, they were published as a book in the late summer of 1924, which, according to Thienemann-Esslinger Verlag, has since sold more than 2.5 million copies in various editions.

In Kirchberg itself, Sixtus and the "Bunny School" have been increasingly commemorated in recent years: with exhibitions, a plaque on his former home and a street. And at the local elementary school, the book is one of the works that children starting school work through - and thus get them in the mood to read.