Walser

E359116
German-speaking people ethnic group

Walser are a German-speaking Alpine people known for their distinctive culture, architecture, and dialects spread across high mountain communities in Switzerland and northern Italy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Walser canonical 3
Formazza Walser German 1
Issime Walser 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German-speaking people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
culturalPreservationEffort Walser cultural museums ⓘ
local language schools ⓘ
cultureArea Alpine culture ⓘ
dialect Walser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Formazza Walser German

Titsch ⓘ
Töitschu ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Alps ⓘ
hasCulturalOrganization Internationale Vereinigung für Walsertum ⓘ
hasSubgroup Formazza Walser ⓘ
Gressoney Walser ⓘ
Walser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Issime Walser

Macugnaga Walser ⓘ
Walser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walser of Lötschental
heritageStatus endangered dialects ⓘ
knownFor communal land use practices ⓘ
distinctive legal traditions ⓘ
distinctive wooden architecture ⓘ
high-altitude settlements ⓘ
mountain farming ⓘ
transhumant pastoralism ⓘ
language Walser German dialects ⓘ
languageFamily Alemannic German ⓘ
surface form: Highest Alemannic German
migrationPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
originatesFrom Upper Valais ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityIn Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
region Aosta Valley ⓘ
Graubünden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Alps ⓘ
surface form: Italian Alps

Liechtenstein ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
Swiss Alps ⓘ
Valais ⓘ
Vorarlberg ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditionalBuildingMaterial stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
traditionalEconomy alpine agriculture ⓘ
dairy production ⓘ
livestock herding ⓘ
seasonal migration ⓘ
traditionalHouseType blockbau wooden houses ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macugnaga → hasMinorityCulture → Walser ⓘ
César Ritz → ethnicGroup → Walser ⓘ
Walser → hasSubgroup → Walser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Issime Walser
Walser → hasSubgroup → Walser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walser of Lötschental
Walser → dialect → Walser self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formazza Walser German
Walser village of Borca → ethnoCulturalTradition → Walser ⓘ