Alexandroupolis?

[Prinz Wilhelm]

I was just messing around on Wikipedia and I read about The Balkan wars, then I accidently clicked up the facts about Alexandroupolis, and I saw this:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The city's history only goes back to the 19th century. Long used as a landing ground for fishermen from the coast of Samothrace opposite, the location was known as Dedeagatch (Greek: Δεδεαγάτς Dedeagats, and Dedeağaç in Turkish, meaning "tree of the monk"). The name was based on a local tradition of a wise dervish having spent much of his time in the shade of a local tree and being eventually buried beside it.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

A small settlement developed in the area during the construction of a railway line connecting Constantinople to the major cities of Macedonia. The work was part of an effort to modernise the Ottoman Empire, and was assigned to engineers from Austria-Hungary. The settlement soon grew into a fishing village, which also used the name Dedeagatch.

Dedeagatch was captured by the army of Imperial Russia during the last Russo–Turkish War of 1877–1878, and Russian forces settled in the village. The officers in charge put some effort into urban planning, with an emphasis on the design of wide streets, allowing the quick advance of troops. The streets run parallel to each other, and cul-de-sacs were avoided as too confusing. This was very unlike the narrow allies, cobbled streets, and dead-ends that were characteristic of Ottoman cities at the time. The city returned to Ottoman control by the end of the war, but the brief Russian presence has had a lasting influence in the design of Alexandroupoli' urban streets.

The building of a railway station in Dedeagatch led to the development of the village into a town, and a minor trade centre by the end of the century. The town became the seat of a Pasha with administrative duties. The Ottoman control of the town would last until the Balkan Wars. On 8 November 1912, Dedeagatch and its station was captured by Bulgarian forces with the assistance of the Hellenic Navy. Bulgaria and Greece were allies during the First Balkan War, but opponents in the Second Balkan War. Dedeagatch was captured by the Hellenic Army on 11 July 1913. This would prove short-lived, for the Treaty of Bucharest (10 August 1913) determined that Dedeagatch would be returned to Bulgaria along with the rest of Western Thrace.

And then I saw this:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The defeat of Bulgaria by the Allies in World War I (1914 - 1918) ensured another change of hands for the town. The Treaty of Neuilly (27 November 1919) required the ceding of Western Thrace from Bulgaria to Greece. However Bulgaria retained the right to use the port of Dedeagatch to transport goods through the Aegean Sea. The change of guard between Bulgarian and Greek officials occurred on May 14, 1920. The city was soon visited by Alexander I of Greece amidst great celebration. He was the first King of Greece to visit the town which was renamed in his honor.

So, uh okay.. The city was actually named Dedeagatch from the start of the 1800- century to 1920, and in Victoria it's named Alexandroupolis???

Might be worth be thinking about for Vicky 2 *dreams..*

Or a future patch (if possible)

/PW

Btw: The name sounds Irish

[robou]

Originally Posted by Prinz Wilhelm

I was just messing around on Wikipedia and I read about The Balkan wars, then I accidently clicked up the facts about Alexandroupolis, and I saw this:





And then I saw this:



So, uh okay.. The city was actually named Dedeagatch from the start of the 1800- century to 1920, and in Victoria it's named Alexandroupolis???

Might be worth be thinking about for Vicky 2 *dreams..*

Or a future patch (if possible)

/PW

Btw: The name sounds Irish

go into your config files, then province_names
go to edit, find them type in find 969
on that box replace it with:

PROV969;Dedeagatch;Dedeagatch;Dedeagatch;Dedeagatc h;;;;;;;X

BTW you may have to work out a way past read only (not really that hard though)
regards
rob

[Prinz Wilhelm]

Thank you Rob, but changing the name on the vicky map is also nice, too.

[robou]

Originally Posted by Prinz Wilhelm

Thank you Rob, but changing the name on the vicky map is also nice, too.

it does not change it????
hmn this is gonna take more thinking
bah i am beaten
regards
rob

[OHgamer]

Originally Posted by robou

it does not change it????
hmn this is gonna take more thinking
bah i am beaten
regards
rob

No, the map itself is hard-designed (as opposed to what EU3 has where you can change display names on a map). You will see the new name in your list of provinces but the map itself does not change since it is a single graphic file.