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Altstraßen und Ortsnamentypen ‒ am Beispiel des Bayern und Böhmen verbindenden Fernwegs Baierweg
Full text linkThe aim of this article is to show connections between the course of early and high medieval old streets and the occurrence of place name types with their specific time composition. The names of the towns on the Baierweg long-distance route linking Bavaria and Bohemia are examined here as examples. The determination of the etymology is followed by a typological evaluation, which shows the important role of the Baierweg as an orientation axis for settlement activity in the later early Middle Ages
Nachhaltigkeit als semantische Komponente in Firmennamen
Full text linkThe term sustainability is an essential part of the languages of business (commercialese). A lot of enterprises consider it as an inherent part of their busines strategy and not as a marketing approach. How do enterprises cope with this term and which role does sustainability play in their names
Rezension zu Volkmar Hellfritzsch, Integration sorbischer Personennamen
No full textVolkmar Hellfritzsch, Zur Integration sorbischer Personennamen ins Deutsche (Kleine Reihe des Sorbischen Instituts/Mały rjad Serbskeho instituta 24). Bautzen/Budyšin: Sorbisches Institut/Serbski institut 2016, 103 S. – ISBN: 978-3-9816961-3-4, Preis: 2,50 (DE), EUR 2,60 (AT)
Celtic whispers: revisiting the problems of the relation between Brittonic and Old English
Full text linkThe chronology of the English intervention in Britain has recently become controversial among population historians, but the linguistic evidence for its timing and its nature has remained largely unchanged. In this paper I set out to review once again the small amount of toponymic evidence and the almost non-existent lexical evidence for Brittonic-English contact in the earliest English centuries. This linguistic evidence has led to diverse responses among historians and archaeologists, but since it is primary evidence it is legitimate to explore again the question of what historical scenarios of ethnic contact it is compatible with: extermination, expulsion, enslavement, assimilation, cultural overwhelming or ignoring; and mass English population movement versus élite expatriate settlement from beyond the North Sea
Toponomastic analysis of a document from the Alfonsí period: Estudio toponomástico de un documento de la época alfonsí
No full textThe libros de repartimiento are a type of text that has an enormous value to understand the historical moment that gave rise to the process of the formation of the toponymy as we know it today in the areas incorporated to the Spanish speaking territory in different moments of the historical process traditionally known as Reconquista. A text of this type exists also for the Sevillian municipality of Écija, although this one presents some peculiarities that differentiate it from other repartimientos. In this study we analyze in detail the toponymy contained in the medieval text and reconstruct the context in which the territory was recognized by the persons in charge of the distribution of the lands. The conclusions that we extract are of great interest to know the process of creation of names based on Castilian and the context of linguistic contact that allowed the transmission of names from one stratum to another
Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch als Hilfsmittel für schwedische Namenforscher
Full text linkDeutsches Gewässernamenbuch – a resource for Swedish onomasticians. – The publication of Albrecht Greule’s magnificent work Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch (DGNB) in 2014 was an event of European significance. Consulting this extensive dictionary makes it much easier than before to obtain information about the wide-ranging and important German research undertaken in the field of hydronymy. The material dealt with in DGNB is of great interest from a lexicographic, morphological and semantic point of view. The present author has found many hydronyms in DGNB that merit consideration in the study of Swedish place-names
Der Brenner
Full text linkWith an altitude of 1370m, the Brenner (or Brennerpass / it. Passo del Brennero) is the lowest mountain pass of the eastern alpine ridge and connects the Austrian province of Tyrol with Southern Tyrol, which – as is well known – had to be ceded to Italy after World War I. Most likely this pass area had constituted a border already in pre-roman times, between two pre-roman tribes, the Breones and the Isarci. The border area was densely wooded, a kind of no-man’s land, and these woods existed up to the High Middle Ages. The actual border ran mitten im Wald ( “in the middle of the wood”). The oldest record is to be found in a mediaeval rent-roll, the Urbar Meinhards II of 1288, wherein a Prennerius de Mittenwalde is assessed as tributary. This would have been a man who either used slash-and-burn agriculture or worked as a charcoal burner. The farm of Heinrich Prenner became very important for the traffic using the pass, and, because of this, the farm name replaced the old geographical name Mittenwald. Since 1338, the name Brenner is used for the geographical position of the pass. Border woods and borders „in the middle of the woods“ can also be documented for other places of Old Tyrol. Prennerius is connected to the German verb brennen, “to burn” – “he who burns sth.
Hat die Reformation Einfluss auf die Namengebung in Leipzig?
Full text linkThe article deals with the question of whether the Reformation influenced the naming in Saxony – on the example of Leipzig. On the basis of church books of the Leipzig region and baptismal entries of St. Thomas church in the city of Leipzig can be shown that the Reformation (1539 introduced in Leipzig) has virtually no influence on the naming. One of the reasons for this is the simultaneous advent of naming after godparents
Grundlegendes zur Erforschung spätmittelalterlichfrühneuzeitlicher Rufnamen in ihrer Beziehung zu heutigen Familiennamen unter arealem Aspekt
Full text linkThe article reviews vol. 6 of the significant Deutscher Familiennamenatlas (Atlas of German Surnames) by Kathrin Dräger. The book is considered to be an essential work on today’s patronymic surnames. By disclosing their structure and geographic distribution the author simultaneously takes an innovative approach to the occurence of the underlying first names in the (late) Middle Ages. Furthermore, the article emphasizes that the complete atlas as it now stands is not only a milestone in anthroponomastics but also a prime example of scientific organization and the sustainable promotion of junior scientists
Namen als Imagefaktoren in Stadtmarketingkampagnen
Full text linkPlaces have long felt a need to differentiate themselves from each other, to assert their individuality in pursuit of various economic, political or socio-psychological objectives. This is especially true of cities, which are increasingly importing the concept and techniques of product branding for use within place marketing. This present paper examines linguistic and socio-economic strategies as they are used in city branding. The City of Magdeburg, capital of Saxony-Anhalt, serves as an example of how different media and different interactive techniques can be coordinated to increase the promotional effect. Since 2010 Magdeburg bears the slogan ‚Ottostadt Magdeburg‘, and therewith refers to its history which is connected to two great men who were both called Otto: Otto the Great, who made the city his capital and from there ruled the Holy Roman Empire, and Otto von Guericke, who revolutionised the sciences in the 17th century by establishing the physics of vacuums. The campaign itself aims to raise the identification of Magdeburg‘s residents with their city as well as to raise national and international awareness in order to attract investors, tourists and students. The aim of the study is twofold: firstly, to find out what makes city branding successful, and secondly, what happens when the residents themselves use the campaign for their own purposes, e.g. by modifying, destructing or reinterpreting slogans