Kulm

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The name Kulm (or Culm) is a German language toponym which is derived from the Latin culmen, meaning hill. It may be used as follows:

• the German language name of Chełmno, Poland
  • Kulm law, type of town charter
  • Kulmer Land
• Kulm, North Dakota, United States
• Kulm, Liechtenstein
• Kulm bei Weiz, a municipality in Styria, Austria
• Kulm am Zirbitz, a municipality in Styria, Austria
• Kulm Hotel, various places
• Kulm (district), Aargau canton, Switzerland
• Rauher Kulm, a hill near Kemnath, Oberpfalz
• The German name of Chlumec in Bohemia, the scene of:
  • the Battle of Kulm, 1813 defeat to Napoleon by Austrians, Prussians, and Russians.
• As surname
• The Kulm, a ski jumping site at Tauplitz, Salzkammergut, Austria.

See also: Culm, and similar Slavic language toponyms