Battle of Backbone Mountain

The various definitions of the Weißwurstäquator: 1) The Speyer line (green), 2) the river Main line as the frontier of Prussian hegemony before 1871 (red), 3) the 49° latitude (black).
Weißwürste mit Brezn und süßem Senf (white sausages with pretzel and sweet mustard)

"Weißwurstäquator" (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪsvʊʁst.ɛˌkvaːtoːɐ̯] ⓘ; lit. 'white sausage equator') is a humorous term describing the supposed cultural boundary separating Southern Germany from the northern parts, especially Bavaria from Central Germany.[1]

It is named for the Weisswurst sausage of Bavaria, and has no precise definition. A popular one is the linguistic boundary known as the Speyer line separating Upper German from Central German dialects, roughly following the Main River; another is a line running further south, more or less along the Danube, or between the Main and the Danube, roughly along the 49th parallel north circle of latitude.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Der Weißwurstäquator" [The white sausage equator]. ESL Stories (in German). 9 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Wo die Wurst zuhause ist" [Where the sausage is at home]. Münchner Wochenanzeiger (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  • Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 6th edition, ISBN 3-411-05506-5 (in German)

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst%C3%A4quator