LL-L "Names" 2003.10.01 (05) [E]

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From: burgdal32admin <burgdal32 at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2003.09.30 (02) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Names
>
> Anja (above):
>
>> Is gathering new ground from the sea typical for the west coast
>> of Schleswig-Holstein only? I would expect it for Lower Saxony as
>> well.
> Doesanybody know?
>
> The technology must have been widespread, as are names with _-koog_
> along
> the North Sea coast (as Niels pointed out).  However, it is apparently
> only
> in some Holstein dialects of Lowlands Saxon (Low German) that _Koog_ is
> still used as a noun (apart from occurring in names).
>
> Regards,
> Reinhard/Ron

Hi,
Gathering ground from the sea was very typical for the Flemish coastal
regions. The gained land was called "polders" and this word spread over
a lot of  countries. The  monks began the job in the early middle-ages.
I never heard of the name "koog".

groetjes
luc vanbrabant
oekene

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

Luc,

Apparently _koog_ *used* to be used in the "Dutch"-speaking areas but, like
in most of Northern Germany, fell into disuse and was "petrified" in place
names; e.g., De Koog (Texel, NL), Koog aan de Zaan (NL), Koog Zaandijk (NL).

Groetjes,
Reinhard/Ron

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