Röstigraben
The language barrier is the difference in voting patterns between German Swiss and French speakers , so the German-speaking majority and the French-speaking population of Switzerland. Originally, this was the joke used to describe the “perceived” differences between the two largest Swiss language regions .
meaning
Rösti is the Swiss German name for the classic potato dish in German-speaking Swiss cuisine , an earlier part of the farmer's breakfast . However, Marcel Schwander , the long-timeFrench-speaking correspondent of the Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger , pointed out that the Romands have known the "pommes de terre fricassées" for as long as the German-speaking Swiss, but have adopted the shorter term over time. The Röstigraben is oftenequatedwith the course of the Saane near Freiburg , which is reflected in the French expression outre-Sarine (beyond the Saane, i.e. in German-speaking Switzerland). In French-speaking Switzerland - based on the Iron Curtain - the terms Rideau de rösti ("Rösti curtain") or Barrière de rösti ("Rösti fence") are used.
The term is often used when the voting behavior in referendums differs depending on the language region:
- The differences are most likely to come to light in the area of foreign and social policy, where French-speaking Switzerland is usually more open towards other countries (including the EU ) and more friendly towards state regulations.
- They are less pronounced in transport, environmental, drug and social policy.
Since around the beginning of the 21st century, the Röstigraben lost its importance in Swiss politics in favor of a growing rift between urban and rural areas.
The Italian Switzerland agrees on foreign policy issues commonly as the German Switzerland, otherwise rather with the Romandie together; the Northwestern Switzerland , however, agrees often as the French-speaking Switzerland and is not unique to settle on the German Swiss side of Röstigraben.
Prehistorians have found Switzerland since the 4th century BC. Divided into two parts: A “prehistoric Röstigraben” separates eastern Switzerland, which is integrated into a central European framework, from western Switzerland, which is integrated into the cultural currents of southern France. By folklorists in this context, the more important is the almost 100 km further east, also roughly north-south direction running well-Reuss Brünig-line as a cultural border between predominantly Alemannic and Burgundian out painted influence.
Development from the 2010s
From the 2010s onwards, the importance of the Röstigraben in votes has steadily decreased. The urban-rural ditch has taken its place . This means that the voting results of cities and rural communities are increasingly diverging from each other.
See also
- Weisswurst equator , the Bavarian cultural border
literature
- Christophe Büchi: Röstigraben. The relationship between German and French Switzerland - history and perspectives . NZZ, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85823-812-0 .
- Roberto Bernhard: Building blocks for building bridges between German and French Switzerland . Editions Libertas Suisse, Biel 2002, ISBN 3-9521464-2-0 .
- Laurent Flutsch: Rideau de rösti - Röstigraben . Exhibition catalog of the Musée romain de Lausanne-Vidy, Infolio, Gollion 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ sda: He was the first "Tages-Anzeiger" correspondent in French-speaking Switzerland. Tages-Anzeiger, June 13, 2010, accessed December 10, 2011 .
- ↑ Example of the printout ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the French-language newspaper La Liberté .
- ^ Stilt houses in western Switzerland ... In: Stilt houses around the Alps , Archeology in Germany, Theissverlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISSN 0176-8522
- ↑ The Röstigraben will soon be history In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of July 27, 2017
- ↑ Stadt-Land-Graben occurs more frequently In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of December 27, 2017
Web links
- Crack in the head , article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from November 6, 2009