[gothic-l] Bavarian placename

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at A...> wrote:
> The name  Windsor was chosen by George V I believe. It was called I
do hope
> I spell this correctly Saexe-Colberg-Goethe.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Young" <daddio52 at s...>
> To: <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [gothic-l] Re: Visigoths not "Booted Out"
>
>
> Francisc et al.,
>
> Before the House of Windsor was called "Windsor", it had a much
longer
> German sounding name which included some reference to Goths.




Hi,

the name is Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. Gotha is the name of a German town
and region. It has nothing to do with the Goths as far as I know. One
region of Bavaria, which retains an East Germanic name is Scheyern,
though, which was called Pagus Scirensis, i.e. the area of the Sciri
in Latin.

Cheers
Dirk




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