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From: ulm@vsnhd1.cern.ch (Ulrich Mueller)
Subject: Re: Warum "Letzebuergisch"?
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>>>>> Jrg Knappen writes:

> To get the historical facts straight: Luxembourg was part
> of the ,,Deutsches Reich'' from the beginning untill --correct me
> if I'm wrong here-- the prussian-austrian war in 1866. Of course,
> the states inside the Reich were almost independent, the Reich being 
> a loose commonwealth.

Almost right. It belonged to the Holy Roman Empire (of German Nation)
until the time of Louis XIV. After the Congress of Vienna 1815 it was
part of the German Confederation, until 1866.

The size of the territory changed several times, too.

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