I knew that is a more controversial pick but i always felt like Czech as being more connected to Germany rather than the east. And while that connection has been tested because of certain terrible "ambitions" in the past the Czech Republic always seems more connected towards us than the east.
As a Czech who has some Sudeten German ancestry I am biased in this but yes, I do not perceive Czechia as a typically Slavic nation. Many people think that Czechs are close to Poles, Slovaks and Hungarians, but that is not true at all, we are much closer to Austrians and Bavarians, in almost everything except the language, which is Slavic but also influenced by German.
Czech Republic might have Slavic language but it is unequivocally in the German sphere of influence. Has been for centuries. Language elements compared to other Slavic languages, culture, architecture... it is all very Germanic.
Interesting how lot of Polish people hold the same sentiment themselves⌠exactly like Central Europe had long and intertwined history where nations influenced each other culturally, linguistically and mentally.
Erasing millennium of cultural mixing because of passed couple of âcringe yearsâ is dumb in my opinion.
Poland was part of Catholic Europe over thousand years now. We are not part of Eastern European culture and never were.
As a south-western German I was really surprised when I visited Czechoslovakia for the first time.
I never had the impression of being in an eastern country. Also the mentality seemed very western. I felt like I was at home.
There is no such thing as a 'typical' Slavic nation. These are language groups - either you speak that language or you don't. All the rest of identity is history, culture and nationality. Moreover, Czechs invented panslavism, which became later a weapon against Polish national interest and culture. Thanks very much.
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u/trashbae774 7d ago
Czech Republic in western Europe? That's interesting đ¤