Talk:Teutoburg Forest

History

I removed the paragraphs on the history of the battle as there is already an existing detailed treatment on the topic. A single sentence or two highlighting the main points plus a link to that article should be sufficient here. CW 11:43, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

what was the previous name ?

Is usually not very nice to ask person who changed name, what was the name before, but since we have dumb forest as object in question, may I postulate to provide also its previous name. Nasz 04:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Done. -- Brazzy 14:48, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

What is the etymology of 'Osning' (name meaning)? Does anyone have this information? Nagelfar (talk) 17:09, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

@Nagelfar: according to German Wikipedia, the Oesling in Luxemburg gets its name from the Celtic word osninga, meaning mountain range. This name must be of the same origin, though I can't find a source stating this. Zacwill (talk) 22:51, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

However, the Celts did not settle in this part of today's Germany, but in the southern regions. It can be assumed that 'Osning' is of Germanic origin. --MauritzMA (talk) 05:38, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Monument of emperor Wilhelm

The article suggests that the monument of emperor Wilhelm der I. (Wilhelm the first of Prussia) is located in the Teutoburg Forest. Instead, it is erected on a Wiehengebirge hilltop surveying the Porta Westfalica —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uka (talk • contribs) 20:03, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Maybe this could be adjusted so to say „located near Teutoburg Forest“?

It is quite obviously plausible that the Water of Melting Ice Bergs, or, at minimum, (should you question ice time), a quite large Mountain Lake, has cut through Weser- and Wiegengebirge at some point, very long ago. And Teutoburger Wald must have been part of / border of that Mountain Lake, as well. You can find historic chalc shell with Ammonites etc at Teutoburg Forest. So there was a lake. Today it‘s about 334 m above North sea. So that‘s how far Water on Earth has retreated in that large amount of time, should it have been North sea level. Power of Gravitation.

Formerly, or (possibly?) still the site of Arminius' battle against the Romans?

The article states this _was_ FORMERLY known as the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, but there is still much debate on the exact location(s) of Arminius' victory (right?). If I understand correctly, there seems to be consensus on at least the END of the battle taking place at the new location, but that it is still (very much) up for debate how/when/where the entire battle took place, exactly. Maybe this article could be clarified further in this sense, and refer to the current understanding(s) and interpretation(s) of this significant piece of history, and the place(s) in the real world that these relate to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A450:2046:1:8472:F02F:C40B:434E (talk) 09:48, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure where the "formerly" came from, as far as I know there is little firm evidence for any location. The battle was actually fought at several locations over several days, so it cannot be pinned to a single locations. The early writings of the battle speak vaguely of desperate breakouts and heroic last stands, great for ficiton but of little historical value. More recent writings have been rich with speculation but short on verifiable facts. From the proveable facts it might be better to think of it as a campiagn with several more or less simultaneous battles. Mediatech492 (talk) 13:32, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

" English "?

Tju? I have never heard of this " English "pronunciation, never in my 73 years! Teu has always had ' toy'. Der Teuful! The devil 😈 Schadenfreude! Freud is not said as fruit. Idiocy! 2A02:2F04:B34:6D00:8821:8EE2:B13E:231B (talk) 10:37, 27 December 2022 (UTC)