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SeanF1989
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What cities have a Catholic majority as I know Germany is a mix of Catholics and Lutherans.
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w_s_s
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Very approximately this:
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The distribution of the dots (chapels) on the map at this link gives you an idea also:
piusbruderschaft.de/distrikt/uebersichtskarte
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The distribution of the dots (chapels) on the map at this link gives you an idea also:
piusbruderschaft.de/distrikt/uebersichtskarte
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JoshuaNY
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That is a good approximation. Start at the north with the most Lutherans, and as you move south the ratio moves more towards Catholic.
My people are from Weisbaden and obviously it falls below the line, but that is where the ratio is closer to 1:1
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The green is predominantly Catholic. The darker the more Catholics then Protestants.
Reds are more Protestant. The darker the more protestants then Catholics
Hope this helps
My people are from Weisbaden and obviously it falls below the line, but that is where the ratio is closer to 1:1
I found this map helpful
The green is predominantly Catholic. The darker the more Catholics then Protestants.
Reds are more Protestant. The darker the more protestants then Catholics
Hope this helps
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Ridgerunner
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It’s interesting. If Catholic Germans in the U.S. are asked about where their people came from, it’s almost always from one of two places; the German Rhineland or (interestingly) from Alsace-Lorraine. Alsace-Lorraine is now part of France and has become progressively “Frenchified” in the last century. But a very significant number of people of “German” descent in the U.S. are from Alsace-Lorraine, which was German speaking at the time most Germans came here.
Long ago, I read that the Catholic parts of Germany pretty much follow the farthest extent of the Roman Empire. For a time during the Empire, the “Roman” line went beyond the Rhine, and Roman influence continued there over a very long period even when the Empire was confined by the Rhine. Sometimes that area is referred to as “Mediterranean Germany” because the people are very different from northern Germans in a lot of ways, and do have some cultural ways that are reasonably described as “Mediterranean”.
I have also read that the Catholic parts of Germany were not terribly keen on becoming part of the German Empire put together by Bismarck. As I recall, Bavaria was the most resistant and retained the most autonomy of all the German states.
Long ago, I read that the Catholic parts of Germany pretty much follow the farthest extent of the Roman Empire. For a time during the Empire, the “Roman” line went beyond the Rhine, and Roman influence continued there over a very long period even when the Empire was confined by the Rhine. Sometimes that area is referred to as “Mediterranean Germany” because the people are very different from northern Germans in a lot of ways, and do have some cultural ways that are reasonably described as “Mediterranean”.
I have also read that the Catholic parts of Germany were not terribly keen on becoming part of the German Empire put together by Bismarck. As I recall, Bavaria was the most resistant and retained the most autonomy of all the German states.
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w_s_s
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Bavaria was always culturally closer to Austria than to Prussia and, apart from Prussia, Bavaria was by far the strongest of the German states and so was able to resist Prussian aggression with Austrian support. But Austria’s defeat in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 removed Austria’s influence in the rest of Germany and weakened Bavaria’s position considerably. After the defeat of France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, which the southern German states joined on Prussia’s side, they were no longer in a position to resist the demand for unification.
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svid2
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Bavaria (Bayern) is way Catholic. Just ask the Pope. While I was there I visited lots of cool churches - one of which was Lutheran. And it was closed!
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JimmytheButcher
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I’m going to get hammered on this one… Before I became a butcher I fancied myself a nearly decade long university jaunt as a historian. I might have been toyed with by the Chester-belloc a little too much.
The Prussian part of Germany was evangelical Lutheran alla Wilhelm II, grandson of Queen Victoria of England.
The German part of Germany was Catholic alla what Wilhelm (later to be deposed for being completely inept) monikered ‘socialist troublemakers’ and ‘socialist sympathisers’.
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Cran
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I’m nosey enough to be interested in the reason for your question!
Personally, I live in Worms, which might be known to some through Luther, and we have a considerable Catholic community here, I think the ratio is nearly 50:50.
Personally, I live in Worms, which might be known to some through Luther, and we have a considerable Catholic community here, I think the ratio is nearly 50:50.
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puzzleannie
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quite right, the formation of modern Germany over the mid to late 19th c. was a time of upheaval and persecution of Catholics, which is why so many German immigrants came to America during this time, including my own family on both sides, were CAtholic primarily from the south, Bavaria etc. Also persecuted were minority sects such as the various Anabaptist groups which also explains some immigration & settlement patterns here.
as a previous poster noted, many who came here from Alsace Lorraine did following the annexation of part of that province by France. You can’t study US immigration history without starting from the various political and social movements where they came from
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