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Westphalia vs Altbier - What's the difference?

westphalia | altbier |

As a proper noun westphalia

is a former realm of germany.

As a noun altbier is

a form of german top-fermenting beer that originated in westphalia and later spread to parts of the rhineland.

westphalia

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A former realm of Germany.
  • * 1759 , George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History'', (volume XXIX): ''History of the German Empire , page 2:
    • Since the reign of Charlemagne'', this country is divided into ''High]]'' and ''Low Germany''... the provinces of ''Lower Germany'' towards the north '', ''[[Lusatia, Lu?atia'', ''High Saxony'' upon the ''Elbe'', ''Low Saxony'' upon the ''Elbe'', ''Mecklenburg'', ''Lauenburg'', ''Brandenburg'', ''Magdeburg'', and ''Pomerania .
  • Westfalen, a region of modern Germany in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.

    • References

    * (wikipedia "Westphalia") * *

    altbier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of German top-fermenting beer that originated in Westphalia and later spread to parts of the Rhineland.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 24, author=Eric Asimov, title=Quiet Cover for a Vital Brew, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Their own version of brown ale, long the signature beer of the Düsseldorf region in northwestern Germany, is called altbier , literally old beer. }}

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