The Ostpreussische Elch , moose like has Schaufeln (shovels see Trakehner horses, whose brand is the Ostpreussische Elchschaufel (East Prussia elk/moose shovel)These Elch do go for a swim in the Baltic Sea H. Jonat |
During Reformation? and Anti-Reformation? times people from lands south of Prussia , fromMasovia, came north and took refuge in Protestant Prussia. Later it became customary to call the Galindia land of Prussia 'Masurenland' or Masuria in honor of the many people from Masovia , who had come to Prussia .Communist nationalistic Poland laid claims to Masuria at Treaty of Versailles , pointing out to the many Slavic sounding names of the Prussian Masurians. The League of Nations held elections in 1920 as to whether the people in Prussia wanted to remain with Germany or join the state of Poland. In West Prussia over 92% voted to remain with Germany , in East Prussia 98% voted to remain with Germany.
Poland never gave up trying to conquer this land, as they had conquered the land of Masovia years ago.
Prussian Galindia was originally much larger and reached further south and east , but since Masovians and Poles conquered much of this land the borders between Prussia, Lithuania and Poland were set in 1422 by the Treaty of Melno Lake .These borders between Prussia, Lithuania and Poland were unchanged until the military take-over by Stalin in and after 1945.
Polish sources love to claim all of East and West Prussia , Pomerania, Silesia , Eastern Brandenburg as regained original Polish land . The northern part of East Prussia, today Oblast Kaliningrad , taken by Soviet Union is at least spared that aspect of twisted history. Vast Polish effords have shown great success with Westerners, where even learned history graduates can not tell the difference between Masovia and Masuria.
Masuria, or the Masurian Lakes Platteau is in the area of the cities of Angerburg, Loetzen, Nikolaiken,Allenstein today Olstyn?, Angerburg, Rastenburg, Roessel, Rhein, Sensburg, Ortelsburg, Johannisburg, Treuburg.
A map of 1660 Prussia showing above cities and to the south of it Masovia : [[1]]
same map larger [[2]] (The many lakes are shown in brownish color on this map, Spirding See is the largest ).
A current website for travels to Masuria [[3]] H. Jonat
Do me a favor , get enough sleep and do look at a map when I ask you to repeatedly. It does help and then you will not put Luebeck in the communist GDR again , you won't mix up Masuria and Masovia ( which a lot of other people do too) and you can stop sniping at me. We'll both appreciate it ( and thereby I can fully appreciate your fine contributions).
As with the Aurochs , all you had to do , is what Paul Dry did, state the site that gives the exact location and for the time being clarify the question I posted several times, as to whether it was Masovia or Masuria. And do not try to tell me again, that Masovia in German is Masuria. Konrad von Masovien and Cymburga von Masovien ,mother of Habsburg emperorFrederick III, are well known in German history (or at least used to be). H. Jonat