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Post by Charlotte on Jul 27, 2018 8:40:17 GMT -5
Gave me thought of German United Kingdom relations. I learned a bit posting on Queen Victoria, whose beloved Albert was not all that welcome by the English. No descendants of German Royalty or Dignitaries were invited to the wedding as far as I know.
The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was changed to The House of Windsor.
"The British Royal family retained the German surname von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha until 1917, when, in response to anti-German feelings during World War 1 it was legally changed to the more British name House of Windsor. In the same year, all members of the British Royal Family gave up their German titles, and all German relatives who were fighting against the British in the war were stripped of their British titles by the Titles Deprivation Act 1917."
Recent history, one century ago.
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 28, 2018 9:20:18 GMT -5
How comes it that Kings of Great Britain were German. Relations and events are not clear to me.
Before Queen Victoria and Albert, a close relationship existed between the German House of Hanover and Great Britain. King George I, 1660, in addition to Latin and French, spoke only German when ascending the Throne which made him unpopular, but later did speak broken English. His son, George II spoke with a strong German accents. George III did speak English.
Wikipedia
Shared heritage
"English and german are both West Germanic languages. Moder English has diverged significantly after absorbing more French influence after 1066. English has its roots in the languages spoken by Germanic peoplesfrom mainland Europe, more specifically various peoples came from what is now hte Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, including a people called the Angles after whom the English are named. Many everyday words in English are of Germanic origin and are similar to their German counterparts, and more intellectual and formal words are French, Latin of Greek in origin, but German tends to form calques of many of these. English has become as dominant world language and is widely studied in Germany. German, in the 19th and the early 20th centuries was an important language of science and technology, but it has now largely lost its role. In English schools, German is no longer widely studied in Britain except at the A-level in secondary schools."
This might be due to the Germans yet being unpopular by the Brits. True, many words are either identical or similar in German and English, is probably why English is so easy to learn for Germans. Latin and Greek play a minor role in the German language, as a rule of thumb, all words beginning with C in English are K in German. Kristos, Kulture, Kemie, kontact etc.
Sharing heritage -- God save the Queen
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 29, 2018 9:27:05 GMT -5
The mother of George I was Sophia, granddaughter of James I of England, his daughter being Elizabeth Stuart who married Frederick V of the Palentine, Germany, which brings us to exeptional momentous times in Europe, of great difficulties of opposing powers resulting in a revolution against the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburger. It's the wicked Prussians I tell you, not us good-natured Bavarians  Wilhelm II "The grandson of Queen Victoria, had a love-hate relationship with Britain. He visited it often and was well known in its higher circles, but he recklessly promoted the great expansion of the Imperial German Navy, which was a potential threat that the British government could not overlook. A humiliating crisis came in the Daily Telegraph Affair of 1908. While on an extended visit to Britain, the Kaiser gave a long interview to the Daily Telegraph that was full of bombast, exaggeration and vehement protestations of love for Britain. He ridiculed the British populace as "mad, mad as March hares" for questioning the peaceful intentions of Germany and its sincere desire for peace with England, but he admitted that the German populace was "not friendly" toward England. The interview caused a sensation around Europe, demonstrating that the Kaiser was utterly incompetent in diplomatic affairs. The British had already decided that Wilhelm was at least somewhat mentally disturbed and saw the interview as further evidence of his unstable personality, rather than an indication of official German hostility. The affair was much more serious in Germany, where he was nearly unanimously ridiculed. He thereafter played only a more executive and occasionally a lefislative decree role in major state affairs." Persons who think themselves and their work extremely important are mentally unstable, hence incompetent in diplomatic affairs, no? Being related, including Tsar' Russia, why would they keep fighting instead of having a Bier and toast to the well-being of the lands and peoples, to be simple about it. |
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 30, 2018 10:10:49 GMT -5
Not to peruse this never ending subject further, I did, however, learn that aside from Henry VIII, there was an earlier time in which monasteries were dissolved, more than likely not all, in both cases.
Frederick I Barbarossa 1122 -1190
"During Frederick's long stay in Italy, the German princes became stronger and began successful colonization of Slavic lands. Offers of reduced taxes and manorial duties enticed many Germans to settle in the east in the course of the Ostsiedlung. In 1163 Frederick wages a successful campaign against the Kingdom of Poland in order to reinstall the Silesian dukes of the Piast dynasty. With the German colonization , the Empire increased in size and came to include the Duchy of Pomerania. A quickening economic life in Germany increased the number of towns and Imperial cities, and gave them greater importance. It was also during this period that castles and courts replaced monasteries as centers of culture. Growing out of this courtly culture, Middle High German literature reached its peak in lyrical love poetry, the Minnesang, and in narrative epic poems such as Tristan, Parzival, and the Nibelungenlied."
Missing no heartbeat, our wonderful Minnesänger traveled wide and far assuring that the noble and spiritual traditions remain with the people. In our time, preserved by Ludwig II and Richard Wagner. Try as the wicked world may, Hänsel and Gretel made sure to find their way home again.
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Post by Charlotte on Jul 31, 2018 9:23:01 GMT -5
The time of Frederick I Barbarossa 1122 - 1190, is all-important to the events in Europe, and there is a legend apropos the Emperor. He was crowned in City of Aachen on the Rhine river, where Holy Roman Emperors were crowned. Barbarossa "organized a magnificent celebration of the canonization of Cherles the Great, Charlemagne". Aachen was the political center of Charlemagne. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen_Cathedral#/media/File:Aachen_Germany_Imperial-Cathedral-01.jpgTo my surprise, Otto of Freising, a neighboring town were I was born, was the uncle of Barbarossa. Other persons I learned a bit about come up, such as Béla III of Hungary, whom I met reading and writing on the Hero Square and the Great Nation of Hungary. Loving legends, Barbarossa sends out a boy to see if the ravens still fly www.creatinghistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Barbarossa-Ravens-Still-Fly-MEDIUM.jpg |
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 1, 2018 8:41:15 GMT -5
Noting Otto of Freising, Bishop, and uncle of Frederick Barbarossa, was a Cistercian Monk, contemporary of Bernard of Clairvaux, also of the Abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Otto told of the preachings of Bernard, he, Otto, traveled from Paris to Germany with fifteen Clergy, pausing at Morimund Abbey, it is not known what transpired there, but "all sixteen Men entered the Order of the holy Bernard". Morimund means "die to the world". Otto also met a bishop who told him of a legendary Nestorian Christian King named Prester John. Seems to me that their work was instrumental in leading up to the Renaissance. The Legend of Frederick Barbarossa, the Red Bearded, and Charlemagne, both sleeping in Mt. Untersberg on the border of Germany and Austria, whence Barbarossa sends out a boy to see if the ravens still fly, methinks they do still fly. One legend says that Frederick Barbarossa and his knights sleep in a cave in the Kyffhäuser Mountains in Thuringia, central Germany, Harz Mountains, where Rübezahl also dwells with his dwarfs. "Other legends say that it is Charlemagne waiting inside the Untersberg, taken care of by the Untersberger Mandln, small dwarf-like creatures. Every hundred years he awakes and when he sees the ravens (actually choughs) still flying around the Untersberg he sleeps for another century". files.abovetopsecret.com/files/img/cz55286d70.JPG'Acually choughs', which are of the crow family, but the legend states 'ravens', giving a meaning other than crows flying about mountains. |
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 2, 2018 8:24:58 GMT -5
Interesting, to me anyhow, that Untersberg was called Undarnsperch "Noon Mountain". Wikipedia Legend "Firts mentioned as Undarnsperch (Noon Mountain") in a 1306 deed issued by the Salzburg archbishops, the prominent spur has been the subject of numerous myths and legends. According to a popular king in the mountain tale, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa is asleep inside Mt. Untersberg until his resurrection. His beard is said to be growing longer and longer around a round table and to have grown round two times. Myth says that when the beard has grown three times around the table the end of the world has come. When Frederick leaves the mountain, there will be no further Holy Roman Emperor and the last great battle of humankind will be fought at the pear tree on the Walserfeld, a pasture near Wals, west of Salzburg. There is a similar legend for the Kyffhäuser Mountain in Thuringia and Trifels Castle." High Noon Barbarossa (or us humans) sleeps while his beard grows longer and longer, he grows in wisdom. Having become quite wise during the beard's growth around the 'round table' two times, it takes another go around, since three is a charm, till he or we wake up and "die to the world" as did Otto of Freising and company at Morimund Abbey. Barbarossa sleeps 'until his resurrection', viz., being lifted up and out from under the mountain which weighs heavy on us. When the King leaves the mountain "there will be no further Holy Roman Emperor". There are no more Roman Emperors due to one resurrection at the time of the Renaissance. The legend could also convey secrets being kept underground until our collective beard has grown three times around the table. This my under-standing. The final battle of humankind will be fought on the Walserfeld, "Flachgau", flatlands, even turf. Walsenfeld with view of Unterberg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wals-Siezenheim#/media/File:Walserfeldschlacht_Denkmal.jpg |
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 5, 2018 9:05:57 GMT -5
Suffering through a heat-wave, and being in the neighborhood of Untesrberg Mountain, I remembered hiking the Partnachklamm and thought I'll cool off watching
The Klamm/Gorge is 2,303 feet long and in some places 260 feet deep. It was carved by the river Partnach.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 8, 2018 8:27:34 GMT -5
Mysterious Mt. Untersberg, Mountain of the Moon, "The Mountain that eats Men", place of power, has its own legends of people disappearing in time and reappearing. Hitler built his "Berghof" there, perhaps of the beeautiful scenery, perhaps he was intrigued by the legends of Barbarossa and Charlemagne sleeping there, as he was ever wanting to know secrets and occult secrets which no one ever revealed to the deranged dictator. I have neither followed the legends nor Hitler's reason for selecting these environs. I actually worked in Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgarten for a while but was not aware of any of this at the time. assets.fodors.com/destinations/134/the-untersbuerg-salzburg-austria_main.jpg |
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