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was founded in 1952, effectively ending any serious political scenarios of Alemannic separatism, although the concept remains alive as a nostalgic sentiment rather than a political program. This is particularly true in South Baden, which was the only region where the majority of people voted against
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Manfred Joss: Schwäbisch-Alemannische Demokratie. Vision und Scheitern eines Separatstaats im deutschen Südwesten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Lizentiatsarbeit, Historisches Institut, Universität Bern 2005.
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Alemannic dialects were marginalized under a non-Alemannic administration. Alemannic separatism arose in the context of the resistance of the rural population of Baden against
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Jürgen Klöckler: „Das Land der Alemannen …“. Pläne für einen Heimatstaat im Bodenseeraum nach 1945. UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 1999,
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in 1805; the Alemannic dialects were not the only dialects in those states (e.g. in Baden and Württemberg the Northern parts speak a
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Swiss political poster advocating for the accession of Vorarlberg to the Swiss Confederacy ("Pro Vorarlberg" 1919/20)
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and by Switzerland. Similar tendencies in Baden and Württemberg were repressed before a vote was taken.
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Otto Feger: Schwäbisch-alemannische Demokratie: Aufruf und Programm. Weller, Konstanz 1946.
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After the end of World War II, there was a political movement in southern Alsace and
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that was held to authorize the unification in accordance with Article 29 of the new
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After World War I, on 11 May 1919, the population of
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