Southern Germany

Southern Germany
Munich in Bavaria, Germany, the most-populous city in Southern Germany with over 1.5 million residents as of 2024
Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany, the second-most populous city in Southern Germany with over 773,000 residents as of 2022

Southern Germany (German: Süddeutschland, [ˈzyːtˌdɔʏtʃlant] ) is a region of Germany that includes the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken, which includes the stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia in present-day Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and the southern portion of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate that were part of the Duchy of Franconia.[1]

German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol are also historically, culturally, and linguistically associated with the region.

Boundaries

Southern Germany primarily contrasts with Northern Germany and defines the territories of modern Germany that did not form part of the North German Confederation in the 19th century. Between Northern and Southern Germany is the loosely defined area known as Central Germany (Mitteldeutschland), roughly corresponding to the areal of Central German dialects (Franconia, Thuringia, Saxony).

The boundary between the spheres of political influence of Prussia (Northern Germany) and Austria (Southern Germany) within the German Confederation (1815–1866) was known as the "Main line" (Mainlinie, after the river Main), Frankfurt am Main being the seat of the federal assembly. The "Main line" did not follow the course of the River Main upstream of Frankfurt, however, it instead corresponded to the northern border of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Linguistically, Southern Germany corresponds to the Upper German dialects. Southern Germany is culturally and linguistically more similar to German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, and German-speaking South Tyrol than to Central and Northern Germany. A jocular term referring to a cultural boundary defining Bavarian culture is Weißwurstäquator, i.e. the "equator" dividing Northern Germany from the homeland of the Weißwurst sausage.

Geography

The river Main, flowing westward, through Upper and Lower Franconia and Southern Hesse, through the city of Frankfurt, into the river Rhine at Mainz, is often cited as a natural border between Southern and Middle Germany while the border west of Mainz is, in that respect, less clearly determined. The border between the Palatinate and the Rhineland—roughly a line between Bonn and Bingen, in the mountain ranges (Mittelgebirge) of the Westerwald, the Taunus, and the Eifel, along the Rhine and Mosel rivers—is seen as the cultural border between Southern and Western Germany.

Population

Two of the most populous states of Germany, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, are part of Southern Germany. They have a combined population of 23.5 million people. In the broader sense (with Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland), Southern Germany includes roughly 30 million people. Thus, about 40% of the German population and almost 30% of all native speakers of the German language live there.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, emigrants from Southern Germany, specifically the Palatinate known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, were among the first settlers of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania and other influential population centers in present-day United States.[2]

The region has a Catholic majority, but also a significant Lutheran Protestant population (especially in northern Württemberg and some parts of Baden and Franconia (northern Bavaria)), in contrast to the almost entirely Protestant Northern Germany. Due to the immigration of non-Christians, mainly Turks (see Turks in Germany) during the last decades of the twentieth century, there is also a small number (roughly 250,000, i.e. 2–3% of the population) of Muslims.

Major cities

Where a city has different names in English and German, the English name is given first.

State capital
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1.  Munich / München 831,937 1,101,384 1,311,978 1,298,941 1,229,026 1,210,223 1,353,186 310,69 4,355 11.81 1852  Bavaria
2. Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main 532,037 675,009 666,179 629,375 644,865 648,550 679,664 248,31 2,737 4.80 1875  Hesse
3.  Stuttgart 496,490 637,366 634,202 580,648 579,988 583,874 606,588 207,35 2,925 3.89 1874  Baden-Württemberg
4.  Nuremberg / Nürnberg 362,459 458,401 478,181 484,405 493,692 488,400 505,664 186,38 2,713 3.53 1881  Bavaria
5.  Mannheim 245,634 311,383 332,378 304,303 310,411 306,729 313,174 144,96 2,160 2.10 1897  Baden-Württemberg
6.  Karlsruhe 198,840 240,450 259,091 271,892 275,061 278,558 294,761 173,46 1,699 5.82 1901  Baden-Württemberg
7.  Wiesbaden 220,741 257,293 250,715 274,464 260,301 270,109 275,976 203,93 1,353 2.17 1905  Hesse
8.  Augsburg 185,183 206,422 213,230 248,346 256,877 254,982 264,708 146,84 1,803 3.81 1909  Bavaria
9. Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg 109,717 141,637 163,568 175,106 191,029 205,102 224,191 153,06 1,465 9.31 1934  Baden-Württemberg
10.  Mainz 88,369 133,089 174,858 187,392 179,486 182,870 199,237 97,74 2,038 8.95 1908  Rhineland-Palatinate
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Characteristics

Economically, Southern Germany is the strongest part of Germany, with Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria being the powerhouses of manufacturing, especially in the automobile and machinery industry. Furthermore, it is home to some of the country's most prestigious universities (such as the ones in Heidelberg, Munich, Tübingen, and Würzburg).

The specific features of the landscape are rolling hills, Mittelgebirge (mid-range mountains). Southern Germany also has a part of the Alps, in the southeast of the region (Allgäu and Bavarian Alps). In the culinary field, both beer and wine are produced in many varieties throughout the region. The regional cuisine consists of stews, sausages, cabbage, noodles, and other pasta dishes as well as a variety of holiday cookies, cakes, and tarts.

See also

References

  1. ^ Kurt Gustav Goblirsch: Consonant Strength in Upper German Dialects. (Nowele Supplement Series 10.) John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012, (originally: Odense University Press, 1994), p. 30
  2. ^ Shea, John G. (2012-12-27). Making Authentic Pennsylvania Dutch Furniture: With Measured Drawings. Courier Corporation. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-486-15762-7.
  • Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany: Being a Guide to Wuertemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, &c., the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Danube from Ulm to the Black Sea, Murray's foreign handbooks, 1871

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