Ländle (diminutive of land in some dialects of the German language, notably Low Alemannic and Swabian) is sometimes used in German as a colloquial sobriquet for any of the following territories:
the south-western German State of Baden-Württemberg the historical region of Swabia, encompassing the eastern two-thirds of Baden-Württemberg as well as the western portion of Bavaria, where the Swabian language is most primarily spoken the westernmost Austrian State of Vorarlberg the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg the Principality of Liechtenstein