Title: Is Holland in Germany? - Quora
Headings: Is Holland in Germany?
Is Holland in Germany?
Content: The Netherlands then became a colonial power and even successfully invaded England. In Germany, Prussia dominated the north, Austria the south, but neither would have waged war against the mig
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Holland is two provinces in our neighbouring country, the Netherlands. They had fought an 80 year war of independence against Spain (and won), at the end of which they also left the HRE. At roughly the same time the protestants in the Netherlands used a bible translation into Low Frankish while even their Low Saxonian neighbours switched to a High German one, so the written languages drifted further apart. The Netherlands then became a colonial power and even successfully invaded England. In Germany, Prussia dominated the north, Austria the south, but neither would have waged war against the mighty Dutch. That was a French idea. And after the defeat of Napoleon, France was contained with middle-sized states, nobody wanted to build up another Great Power after 25 years of war. When German unification was an option, only fringe groups wanted to include Dutch into German. Sponsored by Jumbo Privacy & Security
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