Hal said:That may be, but there are plenty of Protestants in Swabia and much of Franconia - and Switzerland is mainly Protestant.
Is there more hat-wearing in Germany and Austria today than in the rest of Europe?
Well, when you ask in hat shops, people will tell you that hat wearing hats increased over the last four years. The most common hats, you find in the streets of Munich, today, are bavarian styles or transitional syles. Bastsrdised country style fedora crossovers to go with Lodenmänteln. Sometime with a little Indy tinch to it.
In Austria, Northern Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Chech Republic, I do come across hats in Winter, quiet often. Certinly the elder generation still wears hats on a larger scale.
The youngsters follow the trend to wear short brimmed fedoras. Some Roger Cicero, a singer, started this trend a few years ago.