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 From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
 Subject: History

Hi, all!

I wrote today regarding Scottish immigration to Prussia:

And then there is the place names (not mentioned on the list) Gdańsk Nowe
Szkoty (Kashubian *Gduńsk Nowy Szotland*, German *Danzig Neuschottland*) in
Kashubia, Northern Poland.

But wait! There's more in Poland:

   - *Szkocja* (Kashubian *Szotland*), Szubin District, Nakło County,
   Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
   - *Szkocja*, Raczki District, Suwałki County, Podlachian Voivodeship

*Szkocja* is "Scotland" in Polish, and *Szotland* (< Low Saxon or German *
Schottland*) is the Kashubian equivalent.

So it looks as though some Scottish immigrant communities were quite
prominent and some places were founded and/or dominated by them.

By the way, I have an extensive list of Polish place names of Kashubia and
their Kashubian equivalents. Some of the Kashubian names are very different,
and many of them reveal Low Saxon origin, oftentimes with newer or
alternative variants that seem to show German pronunciation of such Low
Saxon names (e.g. *St...* > *Szt...*). Some of the Polish names may be of
more recent date owing to de-Germinization efforts.

Bear in mind that many Poles regard(ed) Kashubians to be some type of
Germanized Poles, probably because of more intensive contacts and
intermarriage with Low Saxon and German speakers and because of (once)
widespread Protestantism among Kashubians. By and large, Kashubians consider
themselves, justifiably, the eastern and surviving half of the Pomeranian
people whose western half in German-ruled Western Pomerania (*Vorpommern*)
have lost their Slavic language and much of their early culture due to
Saxonization and consequent Germanization.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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