Editing Huguenots (section)

===Germany, Poland and Scandinavia===
[[File:Huguenot obelisk.jpg|thumb|upright|Obelisk commemorating the Huguenots in [[Fredericia]], Denmark]]
After the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, some persecuted Huguenots fled to Poland, taking advantage of its religious tolerance confirmed by the [[Warsaw Confederation]], marking the first significant historical wave of [[French people in Poland|French migration to Poland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Stosunki polsko–francuskie w toku dziejów|language=pl|year=1941|page=3}}</ref>

Around 1685, Huguenot refugees found a safe haven in the Lutheran and Reformed states in Germany and Scandinavia. Nearly 50,000 Huguenots established themselves in Germany, 20,000 of whom were welcomed in [[Brandenburg-Prussia]], where [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick William]] ({{reign | 1640 | 1688}}), granted them special privileges ([[Edict of Potsdam]] of 1685) and churches in which to worship (such as the [[Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Angermünde]] and the [[French Cathedral, Berlin]]). The Huguenots furnished two new regiments of his army: the Altpreußische Infantry Regiments No. 13 (Regiment on foot Varenne) and 15 (Regiment on foot Wylich). Another 4,000 Huguenots settled in the German territories of [[Baden]], [[Franconia]] ([[Principality of Bayreuth]], [[Principality of Ansbach]]), [[Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel]], [[Duchy of Württemberg]], in the [[Wetterau Association of Imperial Counts]], in [[Electorate of the Palatinate|the Palatinate]] and [[Palatine Zweibrücken]], in the Rhine-Main-Area ([[Frankfurt]]), in modern-day [[Saarland]]; and 1,500 found refuge in [[Hamburg]], [[Bremen]] and [[Lower Saxony]]. Three hundred refugees were granted asylum at the court of [[George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] in [[Celle]].

[[File:Relief 1885.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|left|Relief by [[Johannes Boese]], 1885: The Great [[Prince-elector]] of Brandenburg-Prussia welcomes arriving Huguenots]]

In Berlin the Huguenots created two new neighborhoods: [[Dorotheenstadt]] and [[Friedrichstadt (Berlin)|Friedrichstadt]]. By 1700 one fifth of the city's population was French-speaking. The Berlin Huguenots preserved the French language in their church services for nearly a century. They ultimately decided to switch to German in protest against the occupation of Prussia by [[Napoleon]] in 1806–07. Many of their descendants rose to positions of prominence. Several congregations were founded throughout Germany and Scandinavia, such as those of [[Fredericia]] (Denmark), Berlin, [[Stockholm]], Hamburg, [[Frankfurt]], Helsinki, and [[Emden]].

[[File:Żołnierza Polskiego Square in Szczecin, May 2023 09.jpg|thumb|Tenements in [[Szczecin]], Poland, built by descendants of French Huguenot immigrants to the city]]
Prince Louis de Condé, along with his sons Daniel and Osias,{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} arranged with Count Ludwig von Nassau-Saarbrücken to establish a Huguenot community in present-day [[Saarland]] in 1604. The Count supported mercantilism and welcomed technically skilled immigrants into his lands, regardless of their religion. The Condés established a thriving glass-making works, which provided wealth to the principality for many years. Other founding families created enterprises based on textiles and such traditional Huguenot occupations in France. The community and its congregation remain active to this day, with descendants of many of the founding families still living in the region. Some members of this community emigrated to the United States in the 1890s.

In [[Bad Karlshafen]], Hessen, Germany is the Huguenot Museum and Huguenot archive. The collection includes family histories, a library, and a picture archive.