The word Huguenot is a term of disputed origin of language. In France, it is effective for 1551 detectable, He was considered a dirty word, before the Protestants themselves so called. In Prussia was the first word is not used, here were referred to the refugees as Réfugiés, their settlement area as a French colony. It was not until 1900 continued in the German states, the use of the term by Huguenot.

About 40.000 Huguenots fled to the German territories, Brandenburg-Prussia was almost 20.000 of them on. The legal basis for the recent influx of Huguenots to Berlin and Brandenburg in other areas was the Edict of Potsdam, the Friedrich Wilhelm, the "Great Elector", at the 29. October 1685 (after at that time not yet applicable in Brandenburg Gregorian Calendar 8. November), So a few weeks after the adoption of Fontainebleau, had signed. The elector justified the inclusion of the Huguenots with sympathy for his oppressed brethren. Brandenburg's House of Hohenzollern prince belonged since 1613 the Calvinist belief in, unlike the vast majority of his Lutheran-Protestant subjects. (Text: Wikipedia)

Issues of history leaves:

• The French colony in Berlin, Issue 5, History sheets of the German Huguenot Society, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1892
• Bonet-Maury, Gaston: The French Reformed Church in Emmerich, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1898
• Cuno, Friedrich Wilhelm: History of the Walloon- and German Reformed church in Wetzlar, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1897
• Cuno, Frederick, William: History of the Walloon Reformed church in Hanau, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1898
• The pair of, Karl L.: History of the Franco-German Reformed Church in Stuttgart, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1899
• The pair of, Karl L.: History of the Reformed congregation Cannstatt, Württemberg, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1898
• Tollin, Henry: The Huguenots at the court of Lüneburg and the edict of George William, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1898
• Tollin, Henry: The pastors of Lueneburg hugenottenischen, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1899
• Tollin, Henry: The Huguenot Church in Frankfort. d. O., Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen, 1898
• Tollin, Henry: Documents and registers of the issue 10 vom VII. Tithe, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1898
• Tollin, Henry: Documents and registers of the issue 10 vom VIII. Tithe, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1899
• Bonin, Daniel: Actenmäßige history of the Waldensian settlement Mörfelden-Gundhof, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1899
• Bonin, Daniel: History of settlement documents Moderate New Kelsterbach, Magdeburg : Heinrichshofen, 1899

Resources on Huguenot:

• Keiper, Philip: French surnames in the Palatinate, the Palatinate and French vernacular, Kaiserslautern, Kranzbühler, 1891
• Browning, William Shipton: History of the Huguenots 16. Century, Band 1, Leipzig : Hard life, 1830
• Browning, William Shipton: History of the Huguenots 16. Century, Band 2, Leipzig : Hard life, 1831
• Barthold, Friedrich Wilhelm: Germany and the Huguenots, History of the influence of France on the German church and civic conditions of the time of the Smalcald League to the laws of Nantes 1531 – 1598, Bremen : Schlodtmann, 1848
• Reyer, C.: History of the French colony in Prussia, Berlin : Schneider, 1852
• Strut, Elfriede: My Huguenot ancestors in Saxony-Anhalt: Genealogy Today, Issue 9, Communications of the Association of genealogy Magdeburg, 1995, Page S. 37-47
• Dubslaff, Henner: Huguenots and other Protestant in the Magdeburg-Halle, S. 3-37, in: Genealogy Today, Issue 10, Communications of the Association of genealogy Magdeburg, 1996
• Dr. R. Bèringuer : The pedigrees of the members of the French colony in Berlin, 1887
• Bonin, Daniel: The Waldensian church Pragela on their journey into the land of Hesse : files periodic examinations, Worms : Boeninger, 1901
• Barruel, Augustin: History of the clergy during the French Revolution, (History of the clergy during the French Revolution) Muenster, Theissing, 1794

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