-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: <DFKII@aol.com> An: <TRIER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. September 1999 05:14 Betreff: [TRIER-ROOTS-L] French notations > Where are our historians? How could we miss the point that the territory all > the way to the Rhine River has been controlled by the French on and off for > some very significant periods during the last 1000 years! Well, only a few times in the last 1000 years! After the 30-years brother-war in Germany 1618-1648 Germany was weak and France (Louis 14th) and others took her chance annexed and plundered Germany (and Luxembourg) during some centuries until about 1710. Then again Germany was attacked and exploited by the French between 1794 and 1814. The French were defeated in 1813 near Leipzig. There was a congress to sort the new situation after the defeat. It took place in the German capital of those times, in Vienna and became known as the Vienna congress. And then after the first and the second world war Germany was invaded by the French. Between 1940 and 1945 France was defeated and occupied by Germany. >The > French revolution reached all the way to Koblenz. Napolean rewrote the map (only betwen 1794-1813) > of the area and legislative control. Why not French? > Don Kilburg It was not the French Revolution that reached all the way to Koblenz! After the French revolution in 1789 (which was after all a fascistic revolution) the French in 1794 invaded Germany and other territories. First only the left side of the Rhine river. Then after 1806 all of the German Empire. This was the end of the first German Empire after lasting over 1000 years. Incidentely there was a statement in this group last week that Luxembourg belonged to Belgium. This has never been true! Luxembourg used to be an part of the German Empire. The name Luxembourg is derived from the old German word for it: Luetzelburg, that means small castle. Only Belgium was founded (made) in 1830 as a result of a power play between the great powers in Europe: England, France and Germany. The territories were the German-Austrian Netherlands. It were in danger to be invaded and incorporated by the French again (the French are always hungry, aren't they). To hinder that the state of Belgium was founded. So it was an artificial foundation. The name Belgium is derived by the name of an old German tribe which lived there. Sincerely Richard Dr. Richard Waxweiler Berlin, Deutschland/Germany dr.richard@waxweiler.de www.waxweiler.de