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Should we use original name of Berlin - "Kopanica" [103]
@Berlin
* 98 AD: Tacitus described the territory of Germania. What is now Berlin, in ancient times was well outside the frontiers of the Roman Empire. Germanic tribes then inhabited the region. During the post-Roman Migration Period, they departed for other lands, probably to become part of the new ruling class in the invaded areas of the western Roman Empire.
* 6th century onwards: Slavic peoples from the east start moving into the sparsly populated area between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
* About 720: Two Slavic tribes settled in the Berlin region. The Hevelli settled on the river Havel with their central settlement in Brandenburg, which gave the name for the whole territory. The Sprevane settled close to the river Spree in today's district of Berlin-Köpenick.
* About 750: The Hevelli founded Spandow (today's Spandau) on the river Havel. This seems to be the closest settlement to the area which is today known as Berlin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Berlin
@About all "Germans" who lived in Poland.
Maybe they were "Germans", but they were migrating from Germany to Poland for a reason ( Same with the jews ). After a while the only thing that divided them was their surnames. the second generation of germans became poles.
@Bratwur~~
I suppose you are from Silesia and think you are German ( maybe this is not the case ), but lets get this straight about Silesia. Silesia were ruled by the Polish line of the Piast Dynasti. Silesia were a part of the Holy roman Empire, but under the Polish Piast dynasti. They paid taxes to the Holy roman emperor but had their relatives in Poland. The majority of the population were of Polish "slavic" origin. Because of all these factors Poland never had a war with the Holy roman empire.
@ Poor poor poles
Just to make it clear about the poles and Europe. Poland had about 40 princely houses ( Families who had the right to use the title prince), they were called the small kings of Poland because of their wealth and the huge estates they owned. Aloot of them invested in huge palaces throughout Europe. This was almost Impossible for the nobles in the rest of Europe, because their kings owned most of the land and palaces. The king did only lend out his palaces to the "loyal" families in his kingdom and could take them back whenever he wanted to.
Just a small example.
The Palace who were later made to The Reichstag building in Berlin were a Property of the Polish Count Athanasius Raczynski.
Another Palace owned by Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł were sold to Otto von Bismarck who made it to the "Reich's Chancellery".
Thats all for now :P
