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{{Short description|Supposed cultural boundary between South and North Germany}}
{{Expand German|topic=cult|Weißwurstäquator|date=January 2022}}
[[File:Karte Weißwurstäquator.png|thumb|The various definitions of the {{Lang|de|Weißwurstäquator|italic=no}}: 1) The [[Speyer line]] (green), 2) the river Main line as the frontier of [[Norddeutscher Bund|Prussian hegemony]] before 1871 (red), 3) the 49° latitude (black).]]
[[File:Weißwurst-1.jpg|thumb|{{Lang|de|Weißwürste mit Brezn und süßem Senf}} (white sausages with pretzel and sweet mustard)]]
"'''{{Lang|de|Weißwurstäquator|italic=no}}'''" ({{IPA|de|ˈvaɪsvʊʁst.ɛˌkvaːtoːɐ̯|-|De-Weißwurstäquator.ogg}}; {{literally|white sausage equator}}) is a humorous term describing the supposed cultural boundary separating [[Southern Germany]] from the northern parts, especially [[Bavaria]] from [[Central Germany (cultural area)|Central Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Der Weißwurstäquator |trans-title=The white sausage equator |language=de |url=https://blog.esl-languages.com/blog/travel/der-weisswurstaequator/ |website=ESL Stories |date=9 May 2011 |accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref>

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)|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>{{cite web |title=Wo die Wurst zuhause ist |trans-title=Where the sausage is at home |url=https://www.wochenanzeiger-muenchen.de/mc3bcnchen/wo-die-wurst-zuhause-ist,113876.html |website=Münchner Wochenanzeiger |lang=de |accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{Lang|de|[[Röstigraben]]|italic=no}}
* [[Barassi Line]]

== References ==
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* [[Duden]] ''Deutsches Universalwörterbuch'', 6th edition, {{ISBN|3-411-05506-5}} {{in lang|de}}

==External links==
<!-- removed following, now dead link. Some remnants can still be found using the search function at the Deutsche Welle's site, but it says "We are sorry, but the requested page is not publicly available" * [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1276985,00.html Bavaria's Umlaut Umbrage] article of the [[Deutsche Welle]] -->
* [http://www.indigomag.eu/download.php?file=indigo_1_en.pdf definition on Indigo Magazine, p.57]
* [http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/laenderreport/834141/ Interview] with [[Oktoberfest]] innkeeper Wiggerl Hagn at [[Deutschlandradio Kultur]] {{in lang|de}}

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