Eine kontrafaktische Frage: Chiavenna, Veltlin und Bormio waren bis 1797 Abhängigkeiten der Drei Bünde (dem heutigen Graubünden). Was wäre neben den Grenzen der größte Unterschied für die Schweiz/Schweizer Gesellschaft im Jahr 2026, wenn sie in die Eidgenossenschaft aufgenommen worden wären?
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Von jeanpauljh
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Even more medals at the winter olympics
I don’t think it would have changed that much. The population of Valtellina, Bormio and Val Chiavenna was very low but the region had significant strategic value.
Switzerland would have ~180,000 more Italian speakers, but Italian would still be the third national language, with the only difference that instead of ONE single canton only speaking Italian, there would be 2/3.
The Sonderbund war and the reformation post 1848 wouldn’t change much with so little Italian speakers.
The GDP per capita in the area would be low, there would be more Catholics at the national level, and the region would be great as a tourist attraction, but little would have changed at the national level, as I see it.
(I’m an irredentist, those lands will one day be Swiss again, I hope🇨🇭♥️)
I doubt this would have changed much at all. Not very relevant for our economy. Maybe the biggest change would be for the people living there, so you got to ask them.
It would have reshaped the Swiss map for sure. Aside from some diplomatic turmoil, our Italian speaking friends would have had a little more language support in national debates, probably without needle moving impact though.
I’m certain Switzerland would have some more postcard sceneries and the Glacier Express wouldn’t cross the border (but I may be mistaken there, was never strong in Geography).
Other comments mentioned very interesting insights. One other thing that may be worth thinking about: Would Romansh still be a „language“ (and an official one), with 200k more Italian speakers in GR?
Probably they would be even less important than now, look at Tre Valli region or Brevaglia and Poschiavo which get super low financial aids and are completely irrelevant and are unluckily getting ghost valleys good just for a Saturday hike.
The only good thing I can think of is that maybe Falck environmental disaster linked to the big industrialization of Lombardy would have not happened 🥲
A one or two more italian speaking cantons.
Either a new canton, or part of GR. More italian speakers. Since Napoleon tried to make Graubunden (The Three Leagues) accept the region as a proper (full) member it would’ve most likely become part of GR. They refused to do so (one of the reasons being that it would shift the balance towards the catholics) and hence the territory was lost.
It would’ve probably put even more pressure on the romansh language and I’m not sure if it would’ve ever been recognized as a national language.
On a personal note, as someone from GR, I don’t really want it back.
We could claim Braulio without question, same with Pizzoccheri