Word: swabians
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...Giovanna Stefanel-Stoffel, 54, who together with her husband runs Stofanel Investment, the company behind the Marthashof development, isn't Swabian. Nor does the petite Italian with the friendly brown eyes look like a ruthless capitalist. When she describes Marthashof, she talks about her love of nature and how she would like to recreate the atmosphere of the Italian village she was born in. Stefanel-Stoffel is surprised by the disapproval that her project has sparked among some of the neighborhood's residents. "We're putting our name, money and know-how into this," she says. "We want...
...Technau's demonstration was part of a wave of protests that began last summer, aimed at a group of people that local magazine Zitty has dubbed Porno-Hippie-Swabian, referring to the inhabitants of Swabia, a region in southern Germany. "It's a deliberately exaggerated negative stereotype for people who come to Berlin from the wealthy southern German states and buy expensive apartments in Prenzlauer Berg," explains Technau. Several anti-gentrification groups launched poster campaigns that got the attention of the local and national media. "Swabians in Prenzlauer Berg ... what do you actually want here?" one of the posters read...
Crushed by watching his life's work slip through his fingers, Adolf Merckle, the 74-year-old Swabian billionaire, walked out into the bitter cold Monday night and threw himself under a speeding train...