Only Patrons See New Articles; Become a Patron Now!The Strasbourg Roi de Rats (sources)
- Article in the Mercure Galant ['Gallant Mercury'], September 1683, Paris, France. Pg. 386. Online in the Bibliothèque nationale de France website [French]: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6228012x/f396.item.r=rats
- "Estampes Curieuses," article in Magasin Pittoresque ['Picturesque Shop'], Tome. XXII, January 1854, Paris, France. Pg. 340-341. Online [French]: https://books.google.com/books?id=XnY4AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA340&dq=%221683%22+%22rats%22+%22Strasbourg%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix--jk98ndAhUQHXwKHcYwC5wQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%221683%22%20%22rats%22%20%22Strasbourg%22&f=false
- "Rattenkönig," page in the Wikipedia German webpage, viewed 9-17-2018. Online [German]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattenk%C3%B6nig
- "File:Rattenkönig c1683.jpg," page in the Wikimedia Commons, Posted 6-2-2011, viewed 9-17-2018. Online: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rattenk%C3%B6nig_c1683.jpg
- "Sechs (6) Ratten welche mit den Schweiffen sehr verknipfft...," share in the Bibliothèque nationale de France website, viewed 9-26-2018. Online [German]: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10218756p
- Notice bibliographique, page in the Bibliothèque nationale de France website, viewed 9-26-2018. Online: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41910747z
- "Alsace: culturally not quite French, not quite German," by Laura Leichtfried, page in the British Council website, posted 2-23-2017, viewed 9-26-2018. Online: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/alsace-culturally-not-quite-french-not-quite-german
- "The Rat King: So Much Worse than It Sounds," by Ella Morton, page in the Atlas Obscura blog in the Slate website, posted 4-16-2014, viewed 9-19-2018. Online: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/04/16/the_rat_king_or_roi_de_rats_is_a_very_creepy_conjoined_creature.html
- "An (Almost) Comprehensive History of Rat Kings," by Lucas Reilly, page in the MentalFloss website, posted 10-24-2017, viewed 9-18-2018. Online: http://mentalfloss.com/article/506504/almost-comprehensive-history-rat-kings
