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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1582064, member: 2844&quot;]Both Jacques and I are Europeans, as is Drs Karin Gaillard from the Princessehof museum, no would-be about it. All three of us are from countries that are firmly rooted in the European Union.</p><p><br /></p><p>Words like &#039;lies and twistings&#039; should be very carefully considered before using them. Are they factually true, is there any evidence?</p><p>Think before you write, is an advice I would give to anyone who has a track record. I only have to look at the same post to find evidence of that record, &#039;would-be Europeans&#039; is of course far from the truth, and it is there for everyone to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Herzogtum (duchy in English) Limburg was actually Hertogdom (duchy) Limburg in the Low Countries.</p><p>In both Limburgs and Dutch the name is Hertogdom Limburg, never the German word Herzogtum. If you don&#039;t know the language, it is safest to use the English word, since that is the main language of this forum.</p><p>There are still provinces in Belgium and The Netherlands bearing the name Limburg, after the old duchy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the Low Countries were part of the Holy Roman Empire though not the German part, and yes, Raeren has a complicated history, just like many parts of the southern Low Countries. It became French along with the rest of the southern Low Countries in 1795, and was annexed by Prussia in 1815. It became Belgian in 1920.</p><p>When it comes to the pottery, that is certainly related to German pottery, no doubt about it. Many potter&#039;s families originally came from Cologne. However, Raeren pottery can usually be discerned from pottery from the German Rhineland.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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