Talk:Maximilian Hell

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"his nationality was Slovak" He wrote himself that he had been born in Hungary from German parents (Parentibus Germanis): http://www.orsolyita.hu/magi/zoltan/hell/1oldal.jpg

Depends on how you define "Slovak". For our Slovak Wikipedia editors, any famous person who has ever set a toe on today's Slovakia is theirs for the taking.

I have removed the clearly pro-Slovak bias in the article. There is absolutely no proof that Hell was Slovak, the most likely scenario was that he was a German-speaking Hungarus. Enigma1 01:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Until our Slovak co-editors [insults removed] provide us an exact proof that Maximilian Hell was Slovak, any reference to his Slovak ethnicity will be removed.

I will redefine Hell's nationality in light of the following letter by Hell himself to Pater Höller, written in Vardö, April 6, 1769. (Pls. see link on In that letter Hell confessed that he was Hungarian. "Jó Isten, ki hitte volna, hogy mi ugyanazon õsatyától való testvéreket fogunk találni a lapp népben! Magyarok, testvéreink, a mi magyar nyelvünket beszélik, a mi magyar ruhánkat hordják, a mi régi magyar atyáink szokásai szerint élnek, egyszóval, testvéreink" In translation: "God God, who had believed that we will find brothers from the same ancient father in the Lapp people! Hungarians, our brethren, who speak our Hungarian language, wear our Hungarian clothes, live according to the customs of our Hungarian fathers, summing it up: our brethren." By that, I think, the debate is closed. Regards --Korovioff 17:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

For heaven's sake, unless you can prove his Slovak ethnicity, stop Slovakizing his name and his ancestry!!!

I ask the same: "For heaven's sake, unless you can prove his Slovak ethnicity, stop Slovakizing his name and his ancestry!!!" - He was pure german. 100% aryan :D --195.56.237.220 02:20, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I would not say that he was Hungarian. He had German name, he was born and raised in town full of Germans and also there was not Hungarian school in Selmecbánya those days. In the case of the letter - he was !!!maybe!!! referencing to his citizenship, not nationality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.229.210.149 (talk) 22:10, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

After reading this article I know more about his ethnicity and cultural identifiers than I do about what the subject did. I assume there is some reason he has an article, but I'm not sure what that reason is. Also, he changed his surname to 'Hell', but his father's surname was already 'Hell'? Trst (talk) 11:13, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

The couple had a total of 22 children.
If this is verifiable, and there is reason to suspect it is not, then Matthias Cornelius Hell and Julianna Staindl should be featured on this list (they are currently not): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_most_children 187.26.214.114 (talk) 06:38, 5 October 2019 (UTC)