Weißwurstäquator

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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

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• Barassi Line

References

• Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 6th edition, Template:ISBN Template:In lang

External links

• definition on Indigo Magazine, p.57
• Interview with Oktoberfest innkeeper Wiggerl Hagn at Deutschlandradio Kultur Template:In lang