The Rösti-Graben is a fictitious trench running along the Saane river and the language divide between the French and German speaking areas of Switzerland. More acute in the past, it also marked a difference in the politics and mentality between the German-speaking majority and the French minority.

Literall translation: Rösti-trench, and Rösti being a very satisfying potato dish from Bern, and the Swiss German national dish to boot.

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