Colmar's most German French town

If the city has mixed words, that Colmar is a be worthy of the name of the Franco-German half-breed.

The French town of ColmarBeautiful town

The mention of Colmar's life, will have to mention the past and present of Alsace area. Alsace in the past thousands of years in between France and Germany have changed hands several times, the history of Alsace is a contradiction between Germany and France's history of tears of blood, isEuropeMiniature of history and social development integration. The ancestors of Alsace should be said that the germans. Once in flight, one of my colleagues from theFranceA small town in Alsace. If not chat with him, I do not think that he is french. A typicalGermanySurname (his name Zimmermann) speak fluent German people is French? Later, chatting with him, he said, we are the place many people's surname is a German surname, because our ancestry was German, or had settled there after the Germans, or migrate to where the germans. Then I specially learned about Alsace's history, a truly reflect the German national fusion of history. Before seventeenth Century, Alsace area is sacredRomeEmpire (German predecessor) under the rule, to speak German, at that time the Holy Rome Empire territory included some German territory and surrounding countries and regions today. In Europe, the famous thirty years after the war, Alsace actually belong to the French rule, until 1870-71 years after the Franco-Prussian War, the French defeated again, Alsace belongs to the winner of Prussia, after the first World War, Germany was defeated, the official Alsace belong to the french. Early in World War II, Nazi Germany occupied again here. With the defeat of Germany in World War II, Alsace once again return to France's arms, and the formation of the two countries to the Rhine today bounded domain. Colmar, a town in Alsace, of course, with national belonging to change their properties.

Most German amorous feelings town in France

We do not know of a Chinese text once if there is an impression, Dou De's "last lecture" described in the Franco-Prussian War background, a French boy last lesson in French sobs, perhaps the very next day, he was forced to read aloud the German pronunciation. Who knows, in France took over here early, German children are forced to learn French bitter. There is no right and wrong, you say it is make fun of it, said that it is an inevitable trend, it is true, who also can not change.

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