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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=187215016-02062005>Marco,
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005>Overwhelmingly "Heimat" has a very positive ring
to it in German.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=187215016-02062005>There
are a number of compounds with Heimat- in German which are all
positive:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV><FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN class=187215016-02062005>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
color=#800000><FONT face=Arial>Heimatland<SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT
color=#0000ff> (-land) </FONT></SPAN>Heimatort<SPAN
class=187215016-02062005><FONT color=#0000ff>
(-place) </FONT></SPAN>, Heimatliebe<SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT
color=#0000ff> (-love) </FONT></SPAN>, Heimathafen<FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005> (-haven)</SPAN></FONT>, <SPAN
class=187215016-02062005><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
color=#800000><FONT face=Arial>Heimatdichter<SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT
color=#0000ff> (- poet) </FONT></SPAN>, Heimatfilm<SPAN
class=187215016-02062005><FONT color=#0000ff>
(-film) </FONT></SPAN>, Heimatmuseum <SPAN
class=187215016-02062005><FONT color=#0000ff> (- museum) ,
etc.</FONT></SPAN> <SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
color=#800000><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Heimatlos (= homeless) is
negative. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> However, if one despises Heimat films or Heimat
poetry which are usually sentimental, which</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> stress
folklore and village life, then </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Heimat becomes
negative.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> (How
Nazi propaganda misused the term Heimat is another matter and not the point
here).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> It is
interesting to see how German writers and poets have used the word
"Heimat".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> In
decadent, naturalist or symbolist city literature the word would rarely be
found, it would rather </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> occur
in </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>literature which idyllizes country life.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> The
writers of German enlightenment and classicism saw themselves as world
citizens</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> and one
might rather find a redefinition of "Heimat" in the sense Schiller did it
in</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> "Kabale
und Liebe":</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
color=#800000><EM>Wo meine Liebe ist, ist meine Heimat.</EM></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=187215016-02062005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><EM><FONT
face=Helvetica color=#800000>(Where my love is, there is my
Heimat)</FONT></EM> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><EM><FONT
face=Helvetica color=#800000></FONT></EM></SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In the period
of romantic literature the term "Heimat" appears especially with writers
who</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>lived in
exile.</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>They had Heimweh (= home
sickness), i.e. nostalgia for their Heimat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005></SPAN><SPAN class=187215016-02062005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187215016-02062005> </SPAN><BR>Btw, Heimat nowadays has a
slightly negative connotation in German, too, <BR>right?<BR><BR>Marco<BR></TT><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --><BR></DIV>
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