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[edit] 0 AD

there was no historical 0 AD, it went from 1 BC to AD 1, though using astronomical dating, it could mean 1 BC

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I was just wondering about my ansesters. If my family was still ruling i would be a german princess, and if anyone has any information or would like to tell me about it there i would be grateful.My grandfathers name was westphal originally from the name westphalia. I would just like to know more about it thanks.

Hi!

I'm from Schwelm, a quite small town in southern Westphalia. What the author said about the name "Westphalia" is not quite true - the origin lies in Old-Low-Saxon (which has been spoken in Westphalia). "West", of course, means "west", but "fal" has nothing to do with "plains", "fal" (in German: Westphalian = Westfale)is an Old-Low-Saxon word for "human being"! And when the Saxons talked about "human beings" they usually meant "Saxons" (because they were Saxons)! So a "Westphalian" is a "West-Saxon" and the best translation for "Westphalia" is "Western Saxony"!

Regards!

...and your name doesn't mean that you are a princess :-( Sorry! It's very common in Germany that people have the names of regions, e.g. "Holstein" (from Holstein) or "Schwab" (from Swabia). So your name only means that you have had an ancestor who had been born or had lived in Westphalia.

Regards!

[edit] Emperor Barbarossa

Is it usual to refer to the emperor Frederick Barbarossa (or Frederick I of Hohenstaufen) in this way? It doesn't sound right to me, but maybe I'm nitpicking.

qp10qp 22:49, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

In Germany at least, it is usual. Krankman 09:21, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The German Wikipedia page is titled "Friedrich I", and the picture is captioned "Friedrich I, Barbarossa"; the English page is titled “Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor”, and the picture is captioned “Frederick I, Barbarossa”. No "Emperor Barbarossa". I studied this period at university, and these forms are those I found in academic books. The nearest equivalent among English kings is probably “William Rufus”: we call him that, or “William II, Rufus”, or merely “William II” – never “King Rufus”.

However, the present page isn’t particularly academic, and so I’m not going to interfere with it just for the arrogant reason that “it doesn’t sound quite right to me”.

qp10qp 20:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inaccuracies?

This article is not realy correct. there are some mistakes about Weatfalia. I would like to write the truth but my english isn't good enough. greets from westfalia

Write the corrections here in the best English you can and include the references. If others agree, your corrections will find their way into the article. qp10qp 11:42, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

The whole chapter "Points of Interest" is far below standard (...).

"The biggest culture cave of Europe is located in Balve. Sir Peter Lely, appointed Principal Painter to Charles II of England in 1662 was born Pieter van der Faes in Westphalia in 1618. The best known city of Westphalia is in Mid-Michigan known for people and stuff."

Neither of the three statements above highlight anything truly characteristic of Westphalia; they have possibly been placed by a practical joker. (The entire entry on Westphalia would gain in quality if the quoted text was deleted.) If you look at the link for "Balve", the main point of the Balve culture cave seems to be the big Coca Cola truck visible on the picture.

True points of interest in Westphalia ("touristic highlights" to be honest) would be the town of Muenster, the Hermannsdenkmal near Detmold (not omitting Detmold itself), and the many moated castles in the area. Northern Westphalia is of a rural nature (with various sorts of local industry, notably furniture industry, plus a number of spa towns), whereas the town of Dortmund in southern Westphalia is clearly part of the old industrial heartland of Germany (coal mining, steel production, now largely replaced by other industries).

[edit] Map, please

A map is always helpful for the auslanders.  :-) -- Writtenonsand 14:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

......8:histoire de cunégonde.

............9;ce qui advint de cunégonde de candide du grand inquisiteur et d'un juif. ......10:dans quelle détresse candide cunégonde et la vielle arrivent a cadix et de leur embarquement . .........11:histoire de le vieille . ....12:suite des malheurs de le vieille. ...........13:comment candide fut obligé de se séparer de la belle cunéginde et de la vieille . ....14:comment candide et cacambo fyrent reçus chez les jésuites de paraguay. .....15;comment candide tua le frére de sa che cunégonde. ......16:ce qui advint aux deux voyageurs avec deux filles deux singes et les sauvages nommé oreillons . ....17;arrivée de candide et de son valet aux pays d'eldorado . ....19:ce qui leur arriva a surinam et comment sandide fit connaisance avec martin . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.251.102.58 (talk) 21:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)