Talk:Prussian virtues

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I think this article should be supplemented over time rather than erased as "prussian virtues" is a concept often refered to in historical topics about germany, like the influence they had on the rise of nazism.

Most people in USA have a rather vague concept of what Prussian Virtues are, even if it is a small article it is better than nothing.

Source of Characteristics?[edit]

Where do these virtues come from? In particular, cosmopolitanism is IMHO not a Prussian virtue. It is one of the principal Hanseatic virtues, though. 92.230.58.225 (talk) 21:38, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's nice to be a Preiß, but it's higher to be a Bayer[edit]

Prussians do not have any virtues, nor did they ever. Pfui Toife ! Tjlynnjr (talk) 01:30, 31 August 2014 (UTC) .[reply]

...a Bavarian, coming from that very duchy, that always collaborated with the french kings to get points in Vienna. (btw. I am no prussian, but there's not a single bavarian virtue genuine to that otherwise beautiful part of Germany) Wer diesen Satz geschrieben hat, der kommt gewiss aus Bayern, die fressen viel und saufen viel und scheißen wie die Reiher! --77.186.92.177 (talk) 16:26, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ordnung[edit]

Hi, RE "sense of order", there is a better and more relevant definition at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnung_muss_sein . T 84.208.65.62 (talk) 07:48, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Translation from German article[edit]

Because the German article is so much more complete, the only part of the original English article that I kept was the "Post-WWII views" section, which has no real equivalent in the German article. There are two points where the articles differed factually: the English version tied Prussian virtues to Calvinism rather that Pietism, which is incorrect; and the English referred the virtues all the way back to the Teutonic Knights, for which I couldn't find any support, so I dropped the reference.

Comments or questions welcomed here or on my talk page. GHStPaulMN (talk) 18:22, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]