Schwabenhass

The people of Baden, who live immediately west of Swabia and share with them the state of Baden-Württemberg, have a tradition of rivalry with their eastern neighbors.

[22] Prenzlauer Berg slogans included snowclones such as „Schwaben töten“ (Kill Swabians), „Wir sind ein Volk.

[23][24] The police started acting after „Kauft nicht bei Schwab'n“ (don't buy Swabian, a snowclone on a well-known antisemitic motto) was used as graffiti in Berlin's Rykestrasse.

[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.

[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.