Do you think that Louis XIV deserves to have a German city named after him?

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Do you think that Louis XIV deserves to have a German city named after him - after all his cruelty to Germany?
For me it is as if Russia named a Russian city in Hitler's honour Adolfograd - or so ...

 

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The town in question is Saarlouis or Sarrelouis

 

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Some info:

Saarlouis (German: [ˌzaːɐ̯luˈiː]; French: Sarrelouis, [saʁlwi]; formerly Sarre-Libre and Saarlautern) is a town in Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2020, the town had a population of 34,409. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located on the river Saar. It was built as a fortress in 1680 and was named after Louis XIV of France.

Saarlouis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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Some info:

Saarlouis - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

this answer is in the treaty of westphalia.

 

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Some more info:

DESTRUCTION OF THE ELECTORAL PALATINATETHE NINEYEARS' WAR​

The Nine Years' War (1688–1697) was a conflict provoked by the French king. Louis XIV was pushing his expansive Reunion politics. In the process, French troops ravaged the Electoral Palatinate and neighboring areas.

https://www.schloss-heidelberg.de/en/interesting-amusing/collections/the-nine-years-war

 

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I’ve never given it any consideration.

 

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We are in the European section here

 

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We are in the European section here

Yes. We know.