Röstigraben
Cultural boundary between German- and French-speaking Swiss / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Röstigraben (German pronunciation: [ˈrøːstiˌɡraːbən]; literally "Rösti ditch" or "Rösti trench" also transcribed Röschtigraben to reflect the Swiss German pronunciation [ˈrøːʃtiˌɡrabə]) is a term used to refer to the cultural boundary between German-speaking and French-speaking parts of Switzerland, the latter known in French as the Suisse romande. There is also the term Polentagraben, referring to the boundary between German-speaking cantons, and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.[1]
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The term first appeared during World War I, when neutral Switzerland stood between the warring German Empire and the French Republic.[citation needed]