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    Hey everyone,

    I was wondering whether there are some Alsatians here in the forum. The Alsace is only a few kilometers away from here (near Karlsruhe) and I always liked the Alsatian landscape, cuisine, architecture and the flair in general. I also find the Alsatian history to be very interesting and unique.
    Therefore I´d really like to know how Alsatians think and feel. What do you feel when you think of Germany? What do you think of the people in Baden and do you view them differently from other Germans? Which languages do you prefer Germans to use when they talk with you? Would you like it if Badeners spoke with you in their Allemanic dialect? Just tell me what comes into your mind when you think about Germans and especially about those from the Rhine valley between Rhine and Black Forest.

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    I've yet to encounter any Alsatians on here.

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    I think the Alsatians are all knocking on the door but did not dare to join this forum till now
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    Most Alsatians I've met in real life were fiercely anti-German. Strange? No, blame the French educational system.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nglund View Post
    Most Alsatians I've met in real life were fiercely anti-German. Strange? No, blame the French educational system.
    They're Alsaciens now then.

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    No doubt the Alsatian view is shaped by the French educational system and therefore inevitably biased. But there should be some person that are clever enough to approach the subject in a more sophisticated way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ficuscarica View Post
    No doubt the Alsatian view is shaped by the French educational system and therefore inevitably biased. But there should be some person that are clever enough to approach the subject in a more sophisticated way.
    The works of this bloke have been deeply ingrained in modern-day alsatian folklore.
    Alsatians strike me as a Frenchified version of the German volksgemeinschaft concept. They often pass as being insultingly anti-German...while being staunchly conservative at the same time.

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    This Waltz guy is interesting. In Alsace there have always been two groups - pro France and pro Germany. I fully accept the Alsatian choice to be a part of France. But for centuries they politically belonged to France, but stilled maintained their Allemanic culture. I really hope that they will be able to keep their identity as Allemanic people.
    It would be a tragedy if they lost their unique Allemanic culture with some French influence. The Alsatian dialect is really beautiful and their cultural achievements shouldn´t be "frenchified" in a non-historical way.

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    There have been some Alsatians active here in the past.

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    There are quite a view Alsatians that want Alsace to be an independent country and some even like the idea of a union between Baden, Southern Palatinate and Alsace (which would be a country named upper rhine ). But I think far less would like to become part of the German Republic, there´s a huge cultural gap between people from Berlin and Hamburg and the people from here or Alsace. Culturally I feel much closer to an Allemanic Alsatian than to somebody from Hamburg.

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