LL-L "Names" 2004.10.06 (01) [E]

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From: Utz H. Woltmann <uwoltmann at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2004.10.05 (08) [E]

>From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Names
>
>Folks,
>
>I need your help with some of the names of the "Wendland," the formerly
>Slavonic (Polabian) area south of Hamburg, Germany.
>
>Sprötze = Spröötz
>
Hello Ron,

Anno 1105 Sproccinla was the first time mentioned in written form. The
name changed to Spretzenlo, Sprotzelo, Sprotzel and Sprötzel to Sprötze.

Next year they will have their 900 th anniversary.

Source:
http://www.buchholz.de/city_info/anzeige/redaktionssystem/main/show.cfm?region_id=202&ID=6645

Best regards
Utz H. Woltmann

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

Thanks a lot, Utz.

So what does it mean?  I take it it's of Germanic origin and this _-lo_ --
also written _-loh_ elsewhere in Germany (e.g., Gütersloh) or _-loch_ (e.g.,
Degerloch) and _-lo_ or _-loo_ in the Low Franconian areas (e.g., Waterloo),
also in Oslo in Norway -- means 'wooded area'.

By the way, Ollenburg/Oldenburg in Holstein (not the one near the border
with the Netherlands) is a place in which both Germanic  and Slavonic people
used to live.  Its Slavonic name is Starigard, namely the exact equivalent
of the Germanic name: "Old Borough/fortified settlement."*  Its old port is
now a museum in which both Germanic and Slavonic artifacts are shown.  This
used to be a very important port before nearby Lübeck (< Slavonic Lubece)
usurped that role and later became the virtual capital of the Hanseatic
Trading League, dominating the Baltic Sea and making Saxon the lingua franca
of the trading centers.

http://www.oldenburg-holstein.de/html/tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumshafen.htm

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

P.S.: *The German version should be *Altenburg, but, as happened a lot, the
name was semi-translated.

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