German History Quiz

Malte279 · **Reply #460 on:** September 14, 2009, 02:04:17 PM

Poking awake a dying thread I will post the answer to my question and give a new one. The colors of the German flag, black, red, and gold (yes, it usually looks yellow, but it is supposed to be gold

) go back to the uniforms of the L¸tzow Free Corps, a voluntary unit during the Napoleonic wars. Black uniforms, red seams, golden (brass) buttons. Veterans of the Corps were active in some of the protests calling for a republican government of a unified Germany (most notably the Wartburg Festival and the Hambacher Fest).

Here is the next question. Which (very early) battle in German history is often referred to with the name of the defeated general added with the word "Schlacht" (battle)?

Malte279 · **Reply #461 on:** January 19, 2010, 07:24:15 AM

^ Last year there were quite a couple of events going on to commemorate the anniversary of the battle.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #462 on:** January 25, 2010, 12:53:39 AM

Schlacht bei Verchen?

Malte279 · **Reply #463 on:** January 25, 2010, 05:06:26 AM

Nope, the battle took place a lot earlier than the battle of Verchen.

Nick22 · **Reply #464 on:** January 27, 2010, 10:13:19 PM

i have no idea i guess i'll goggle it

Malte279 · **Reply #465 on:** January 28, 2010, 04:00:59 AM

the anniversary of that battle in 2009 had many zeros involved.

Nick22 · **Reply #466 on:** January 30, 2010, 12:31:20 AM

so this happened in 9 AD?

Malte279 · **Reply #467 on:** January 30, 2010, 03:17:43 AM

Nick22 · **Reply #468 on:** January 30, 2010, 03:25:16 AM

Teutoburg Forest?

Malte279 · **Reply #469 on:** January 30, 2010, 03:53:02 AM

Aye, that battle is often referred to as the "Varusschlacht" after the defeated Roman leader Publius Quinctilius Varus. To this day there is no absolute certainty where exactly the battle (a series of battles on the march stretching over three days actually) took place though there is much to suggest it was near Kalkrise. In any case there is nothing really to suggest it was fought in what is today referred to as the Teutoburg forest.
Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #470 on:** January 30, 2010, 04:25:40 AM

alright, its been awhile since i asked one of these .. in what year did the holy roman empire collapse?

Malte279 · **Reply #471 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:44:18 AM

1806 after the Francis II abdicated following his defeat by Napoleon.

Nick22 · **Reply #472 on:** February 13, 2010, 03:05:17 PM

very good, Malte, your turn..

Malte279 · **Reply #473 on:** February 16, 2010, 12:18:05 PM

With the rather loose confederation of different kingdoms, dukedoms etc. doms Germany was finally made of it was a rather frequent thing to have different parts of what would today belong to the Federal Republic of Germany fight wars against each other. When was the last time that different parts of what would today belong to Germany fight a war against each other?

Nick22 · **Reply #474 on:** February 16, 2010, 02:52:53 PM

I believe Prussia was involved .. let me check..

Malte279 · **Reply #475 on:** February 16, 2010, 07:17:27 PM

Prussia was involved, but even though Prussia as such does no longer exist large parts of what used to belong to Prussia are now part of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Nick22 · **Reply #476 on:** February 18, 2010, 12:01:44 AM

was it Saxony?

Malte279 · **Reply #477 on:** February 18, 2010, 04:25:38 AM

Saxony was also involved in this (same as many other parts of then Germany). To answer this question you need to name the war we are talking about and the year (it did not stretch over several years) of it.

Nick22 · **Reply #478 on:** March 02, 2010, 01:58:19 AM

ok.. lets me check..

Malte279 · **Reply #479 on:** March 02, 2010, 04:19:42 AM

Never prohibited you to do that