Talk:Haguenau

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Not a Single Mention of the Ethnicity, Language or Religion[edit]

This reads like a French official propaganda piece about the area, but not mentioning the language, ethnicity, religion or social psychology of these French-occupied regions! Not a single word! The folks there speak lower Alemannic/Alsatian dialect of German; they are Protestant (the origins of the name Huguenots and Catholic as well. Socially they feel neither German nor French, but more Luxembourgish! Ethnically, they are the surviving Alemann tribe of the Germanic people. Even today the French word for German is "Alemannes" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:1383:85A8:223:12FF:FE20:7BC7 (talk) 16:37, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The folks there speak French, primarily. And they don't feel Luxembourgish at all. Why would they? Luxembourg is closer to Metz than it is to Strasbourg. If anything, they feel close to the Palatinate, which is really not far away and has a culture not unlike Alsace. --Edelseider (talk) 17:57, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Old talk[edit]

Is the second component from EBII - should be indicated as such (as confusing).

battle of Haguenau ?[edit]

There are a few references to this event, but I am not sure what the date. At least in the English historiography, this term is not used much for WWII period. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:05, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The battle along the whole line is wiki-covered in Operation Nordwind for people who simply want to know the approximate dates, but if you want something more focused just on Haguenau itself, then I guess someone will need to dig out some sources and write it up. Success Charles01 (talk) 15:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Buildings destroyed in WW II[edit]

The current text says: "Before they withdrew, the Germans demolished bridges, useful buildings, and even the town park." This sounds like a translation of a French text that is handed out in printing to tourists by administration of the City of Haguenau on behalf of today's French Republic. This official publication is not precise for two reasons. First, "Germans" in this case would include a lot of soldiers from the Alsace, which, according to the political conception of the publishers, rather should be regarded as "French". Second, less political and much more relevant: Parts of the area within and around the old town of "Hagenawe" had been bombed in various smaller air raids by RAF and US Air Force, as well as damaged under artillery fire from US Forces. Which buildings were destroyed by German troops, which ones were destroyed by American troops? How was the town park destroyed? --92.74.111.160 (talk) 12:19, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hagenaw was the historic English overname for the German Hagenau.[edit]

Will list that "Hagenaw" was the historic English overname from the German "Hagenau"

"Hagenaw" is an old version/ an old German spelling, depicted by the British in earlier times. As a reference, regarding a family in Bavaria and Austria with such name, versions of different spelling are well documenented [1] 188.104.35.103 (talk) 19:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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