Weißwurstäquator

The Weißwurstäquator (German pronunciation: [ˌvaɪsvʊɐ̯stɛˈkvaːtoːɐ̯] (listen), white sausage equator) is a humorous term describing the supposed cultural boundary separating Southern Germany from the North, especially Bavaria from Central Germany.[1]

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 Pretzels and sweet mustard)

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". ESL Stories. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. "Wo die Wurst zuhause ist". Die Münchner Wochenanzeiger (in German). Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  • Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 6th edition, ISBN 3-411-05506-5 (in German)
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