1. Historical background

2. Role in gentrification

3. Thierse controversy

4. Literature

5. References

Historical background

The term Schwob/ Szwab has been used by Poles and Swiss as ethnic slur for all Germans.^[12]

Similar prejudices applied to the Donauschwaben in Hungary^[13] despising everything German.^[14]

Role in gentrification

Berlin (as a whole) was not accustomed to gentrification and went through a rather quick modernization process after 1989. Swabians were being deemed as gentrification drivers.^[15] „Schwaben“ as a term is being used as a Synonym for all sorts of well-to-do west German immigrants.^{[16][16][17][18]}

There have been cases of arson e.g. on expensive buggies and trendy cars.^[19][20][21]

Thierse controversy

Politician Wolfgang Thierse (SPD) had accused Swabians in Berlin of a lack of adaptive capability ^[26] and a lack of understanding the 'culture of Berlin'. The notion in a local Berlin newspaper gained nationwide flak.^[27][28] Germans doubt whether Berlin has any (high brow) culture at all, as Berlin 'milieu' stereotypes, based on Heinrich Zille's work, are often working-class-derived. Thierse himself does not any such local background, as a man of letters and catholic immigrant from former Silesia. Cicero magazine tried to describe him as an all-German square "Spießer" due to the controversy.^[29][30] Thierse's use of Überfremdung points against Swabians was harshly criticized, and he faced considerable protest.^[31][32]

During this Berliner Schwabenstreit 2013 various Spaßguerillas turned up, as „Free Schwabylon“, claiming a micronation for Swabian emigrants^[33] around Kollwitzplatz, close to Thierses home.^[34] New York Times reported about various aspects of the conflict,^[35][36][37] under the title „Swabian Separatists Fling Spätzle to Make Their Point“.^[38]

For later reconciliatory efforts, Thierse received a "Goldene Narrenschelle", an order of Carneval from the Vereinigung Schwäbisch-Alemannischer Narrenzünfte (VSAN), an umbrella organization of Swabian–Alemannic Fastnacht.^[39]

Literature

• Bov Bjerg: [https://books.google.com/books?id=M2p6eF98d4UC&pg=PT161 Großmaultaschenliebe – Ostberliner Schwabenhass.] In: Moritz Kienast (Hrsg.): I hate Berlin. Unsere überschätzte Hauptstadt. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2011, {{ISBN|3-431-03847-6}}, p. 161–168.
• Martina Schöller: Schwaben in Berlin. Eine ethnographische Studie. Tübingen 2003
• Martina Schöller: Von Schwaben nach Berlin: eine empirische Untersuchung zur Bedeutung von Herkunft für Binnenmigrationen. Magisterarbeit Universität Tübingen 2004.
• Thomas Bürk, Thomas Götz: Schwaben in Berlin: Metamorphosen einer kulturellen Figur und ihrer urbanen Topographien. In: Beate Binder (Hg.), Moritz Ege (Hg.), Anja Schwanhäußer (Hg.), Jens Wietschorke (Hg.): Orte - Situationen - Atmosphären: kulturanalytische Skizzen. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, p. 307-320, {{ISBN|978-3-593-39269-1}}.

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