German-speaking Belgian Foodways

Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft

Community

The nine municipalities of the East Cantons — EUPEN, Sankt Vith, Kelmis, Raeren, Lontzen, Amel, Büllingen, Bütgenbach and Burg-Reuland — ceded from Germany to Belgium in 1920, with their own parliament and government and German as their official language. ⚠ GERMAN-SPEAKING BELGIANS ARE BELGIANS, NOT GERMANS. The food is High Ardennes and Eifel: dairy and the Herve plateau cheeses nearby, pork and sausage, rye and spelt bread, Platz and Reisfladen, game, and a Belgian beer culture over a German baking one.

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Communities and languages

German-speaking Belgians community documented

Languages: German

What is recorded

The German-speaking Community of Belgium comprises nine municipalities ceded from Germany in 1920 and has its own parliament and government. Its members are Belgian citizens and its foodways are recorded as Belgian regional foodways in a German-speaking community, not as German foodways. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

related to German Foodways documented
German-speaking Belgians are Belgian citizens; the language and the baking are German and the beer culture is Belgian.