[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] The German Empire; Was Re: Powiat maps of Russian Poland

Günther Böhm GHBoehm at ish.de
Wed Mar 17 23:44:29 PST 2004


Jerry Frank schrieb:

>Until the invasion of Napoleon in 1806, we have reference to association of
>these Germanic states as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nations"
>(Heiliges Rvmisches Reich deutscher Nation).  Voltaire later described it
>as "neither holy, Roman, nor an Empire."
>
Hello Jerry,
a tiny but important correction:
"Heiliges Roemisches Reich Deutscher Nation" means "Holy Roman Empire of 
German Nation" (singular, not plural).

Guenther Boehm
of Hilden, Germany



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