import re s1 = 'Zahnwäg 0,82505 Querfurt' wohnort_pattern = r'[A-Z][a-z]+' a = re.search(wohnort_pattern, s1) print(a) s1 = s1.replace('Ä', 'Ae') s1 = s1.replace('Ö', 'Oe') s1 = s1.replace('Ü', 'Ue') s1 = s1.replace('ä', 'ae') s1 = s1.replace('ö', 'oe') s1 = s1.replace('ü', 'ue') s1 = s1.replace('ß', 'ss') a = re.search(wohnort_pattern, s1) print(a) """with open('Personen.txt', 'r') as f1: for line in f1: print(line) zeile = line.replace('Ä', 'Ae') zeile = zeile.replace('Ö', 'Oe') zeile = zeile.replace('Ü', 'Ue') zeile = zeile.replace('ä', 'ae') zeile = zeile.replace('ö', 'oe') zeile = zeile.replace('ü', 'ue') zeile = zeile.replace('ß', 'ss') print(zeile) """