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From: chris Wheeler - steinmarks.co.uk
Remote Name: 86.143.68.155
Date: 12/04/2011
Time: 04:16:18 AM
Ron, If this example is typical: The German spelling for Cologne, varied over the years. So in 1900 the Prussian Minister for Interior Affairs, issued an edict that the correct spelling for Cologne was Cöln. However, on the 1st February 1919, the mayor of Cologne, Konrad Adenauer, stated the official name was again Köln. Probably most people continued to use the spelling they preferred.