The Journal founded in 1956, as a professional journal for German and international Slavic research, publishes critical essays on languages and literatures, on popular poetry and on the cultural history of Slavic peoples in the past and present. Special attention is paid to German-Slavic linguistics, literary and cultural relations within their European context, to onomastics, history and poetology of literary genres, Baltic studies, Sorbian studies, and to the history of Slavic studies. Literary reports and reviews give an insight into current tendencies and developments in international Slavonic research. Conference proceedings provide information about important academic events.