Little Paris

Little Paris is a slang term for various German cities and neighborhoods that refers to the French capital Paris.

Among other things, Leipzig is known as what goes back to a poetic paraphrase of Goethe and was received as winged name in the vernacular. Goethe used this term in Faust I, where it can be said the frog in the scene Auerbach's Cellar in Leipzig " Leipzig is the place for me! It is a small Paris and educates its people. "

Also Dusseldorf reclaims the name Little Paris for itself. Here the name Pierre -Louis Roederer goes back, Napoleon Bonaparte Minister of the Grand Duchy of Berg. When Napoleon visited the festively decorated capital of the Grand Duchy in November 1811 Roederer wrote in a letter to his wife that the celebrations in Dusseldorf were the most glamorous of the trip and Dusseldorf became for some days a little Paris.

Also known as Little Paris, but at least as Klaa Paris on Frankfurterisch is called the Heddernheim district of Frankfurt. In 1866, the Prussians came to Frankfurt and meeting and Vermummungsverboten tormented the citizens of Frankfurt, the slogan was to "go but after Heddernheim ( at that time still a village on the northern outskirts of the former free imperial city), there you are as free as in Paris " the name Little Paris for what is now known primarily through their carnival parade community was. born.

Another use of the term "Little Paris" is the affectionate name for the place Ergenzingen, which in turn is a district of the Episcopal city of Rottenburg am Neckar. The term is here used both in everyday life, for example, there is a bistro called "Little Paris", and especially in connection with the carnival. The existing since 1958 Narrenzunft in place bills itself as "Little Paris".

Little Paris - a Fasendgemeinschaft the Narrenzunft Gengenbach.

As in the Seventies war, German troops laid siege to Paris, the couple moved from there to Ullmann cell. Your built on the Under Enter Straße residence gave the vernacular occasion, the local district " Parisian suburb " to call. And Ms. Ullmann was then the " Zeller fool Mother".

The name " Little Paris " for the Fasend community in the " Parisian suburb " was created in 1938 when the then Elferrat decided to divide the city to have firm bases for the Fasendveranstaltungen. So, then, men and women came together in the joy of " Little Paris ", the purr and Fasendspielen had. Only later was a "Rat", or " community leaders " selected.

Also Oberdischingen used at least during the carnival time the name Little Paris for itself. This goes back to the old castle, whose ruins is the town hall today, back. There, the attic is built similarly, as was customary at the time of the emergence of the name in Paris.

Also Güstrow in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern performs this " nickname". Background here is that at that time reigning in Schwerin noble house of Mecklenburg -Schwerin Güstrower castle from 1695 used it as his rest seat and residence of his courtesans, which has called a halt fairly secret (because of that communication conditions ) at the seat of government in Schwerin a stagecoach day's journey away.

Another place that claims the name of Little Paris, is the approximately 600 inhabitants Gerbach municipality in the northern Palatinate, centrally located between Kaiserslautern, Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. Here, however, ( applicant Paris) has prevailed in the debate, the Palatinate dialect. The name probably originates from the Napoleonic era to the soldiers amused themselves in Gerbach, probably because a relatively high density of bars was then recorded ( like in Paris). Even today, the name is still in the name of the local carnival association present. This is called " KPKV " ( clarification Parisian Carnival Association ).