The official AHF German Colonies quiz thread
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Hi Tanzania, hi all, here we go. Which German commander was born in Saarland’s secret capital?
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Would that be the "Löwe von Afrika",
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck
(1870 in Saarlouis)?
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Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck
(1870 in Saarlouis)?
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... and 100 points go to Aarhus
Yes, Saarlouis is called Saarland's secret capital and paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was born there. It's your turn now.

Yes, Saarlouis is called Saarland's secret capital and paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was born there. It's your turn now.
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Thanks from Aarhus, the capital of Jutland 
Let's see if this lasts a bit longer...
Looking for a road which has changed names sevetal times since it was constructed, lies on an island which has also changed names a few times. Originally the road had a german name. Was changed to sound more english but now has a "new" german name.
Any of the names of the road will do!
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Let's see if this lasts a bit longer...
Looking for a road which has changed names sevetal times since it was constructed, lies on an island which has also changed names a few times. Originally the road had a german name. Was changed to sound more english but now has a "new" german name.
Any of the names of the road will do!
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Hi Waleed
Truly, not a simple question presented in a poetic form. Now I have all the criteria for all colonies through: road construction; German name; former German island.
Togo = No island
Cameroon = No island
Southwest Africa = shark island / Shark island, but no German street name
Tanzania = Mafia Island, but no German street name
South Sea = Many, many islands; but no clear German names
Tsingtao = No island, but German street name
I think you must us give a `small´ broad hint.
Truly, not a simple question presented in a poetic form. Now I have all the criteria for all colonies through: road construction; German name; former German island.
Togo = No island
Cameroon = No island
Southwest Africa = shark island / Shark island, but no German street name
Tanzania = Mafia Island, but no German street name
South Sea = Many, many islands; but no clear German names
Tsingtao = No island, but German street name
I think you must us give a `small´ broad hint.
“Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. . . . All History was a
palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary” – G. ORWELL 1984
palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary” – G. ORWELL 1984
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Ok Tanzania
Broad hint
30.000 years ago - First people there. 3.000 years ago - The local Population of the area arrived. 1600s - The dutch set foot there.
1700s and several times during the 1800s the french try colonizing the island. After failed french attempts the germans succeed. After WW1 Australian and during WW2 Japanese. Then back to Australia and finally part of an independent state.
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Broad hint

30.000 years ago - First people there. 3.000 years ago - The local Population of the area arrived. 1600s - The dutch set foot there.
1700s and several times during the 1800s the french try colonizing the island. After failed french attempts the germans succeed. After WW1 Australian and during WW2 Japanese. Then back to Australia and finally part of an independent state.
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Island might be New Britain or New Guinea main island WWI chronology could make it only German new guinea - as for road????
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Hello stulev
Hmmmm, don't like the "Britain" part...but you're on the right track and close!
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Hmmmm, don't like the "Britain" part...but you're on the right track and close!
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Hi Waleed,
your explanations fit (also?) on Bougainville Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island . http://bougtours.com/1800-2/ . But I didn´t found actual German street names?
your explanations fit (also?) on Bougainville Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainville_Island . http://bougtours.com/1800-2/ . But I didn´t found actual German street names?
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Well Tanzania, you too are very very close. The island in question is mentioned in the article, actually both german/english names
are there!
A street I would consider as something "short" in distance and confined to a town or village... "The streets of New York". The one in question is a road and long... "all roads lead to Rome". The french word "chaussée" or english "highway" would be more fitting for what I'm looking for
That's two good hints for now, more will follow if needed
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are there!
A street I would consider as something "short" in distance and confined to a town or village... "The streets of New York". The one in question is a road and long... "all roads lead to Rome". The french word "chaussée" or english "highway" would be more fitting for what I'm looking for

That's two good hints for now, more will follow if needed

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Hi, are you thinking of Boluminski Highway ?
Also known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Chaussee and East Coast Road...
Also known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Chaussee and East Coast Road...
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Jawohl das stimmt GregSingh - all 3 are correct!
Yes, the German Administrator Franz Boluminski and his highway on the island of Neumecklenburg or New Ireland. I like the idea of it regaining a historical "german-english" name in honour of, not the Kaiser but the man behind it.
Over to you for the next one.
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Yes, the German Administrator Franz Boluminski and his highway on the island of Neumecklenburg or New Ireland. I like the idea of it regaining a historical "german-english" name in honour of, not the Kaiser but the man behind it.
Over to you for the next one.
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A train station in one of German colonies... Name the town, please.
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Hi GregSingh,
this picture and question looks rather easy on first glance, but it’s not´. Very good question!
The photo shows not an art nouveau or neo-Renaissance building style, like train stations in GSWA or in Tsingtao. The, at that time existing buildings in Togo or Cameroun seem too small to me. But even the biggest stations in GEA looked different. (Kigoma, Tabora, Kilossa, Morogoro) The train station in Mwanza looks similar, but was built later by the Brits.
To be honest, I have currently no idea. But I keep searching.
Cheers Holger
this picture and question looks rather easy on first glance, but it’s not´. Very good question!
The photo shows not an art nouveau or neo-Renaissance building style, like train stations in GSWA or in Tsingtao. The, at that time existing buildings in Togo or Cameroun seem too small to me. But even the biggest stations in GEA looked different. (Kigoma, Tabora, Kilossa, Morogoro) The train station in Mwanza looks similar, but was built later by the Brits.
To be honest, I have currently no idea. But I keep searching.
Cheers Holger
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I'm sorry if I misled you. Although planned, that building did not exist before 1914.
Photo is most likely from late 1920's when French completed the rail line to that town (in 1927).
Now you probably know the answer!

Photo is most likely from late 1920's when French completed the rail line to that town (in 1927).
Now you probably know the answer!