German exonyms

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Below is list of German language exonyms for formerly German places and places in non-German-speaking areas of the world :

Links to more extensive lists

Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
  • List of German exonyms for places in Latvia
Poland
Slovenia
Switzerland
  • List of German exonyms for places in Switzerland

List of German exonyms for places in other areas

Albania

Belarus

  • Hrodna Garten, Grodno

Croatia

* For a more detailed list see : List of German exonyms for places in Croatia

Croatian cities with German names

In addition, there are several cities in Croatia that were settled with German names.

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

France

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Province of Aosta

Province of Belluno

Province of Gorizia

Province of Sondrio

Between 1512 and 1797 Valtellina and Valchiavenna were under the Graubünden domination.

Province of Trento

Trentino was under Austrian administration between 1815 and 1918.

Province of Trieste

Province of Udine

Latvia

Lithuania

see List of cities and towns in East Prussia

Luxembourg

Note that this list only includes towns whose German name is significantly different from the official (mainly French) spelling. Towns that differ in the ending only (-ange/-ingen), e.g. Wormeldange=Wormeldingen are not included in this list.

Moldova

  • Chişinău Kischinew
  • Soltoaia Scholtoi
  • Valea Norocului Glückstal
  • Rîşcani Ryschkanowka
  • Ciobanovca Hirtenheim

Netherlands

Norway

  • Trondheim Drontheim (shortly used during World War II)

Poland

For further German places names see : List of German exonyms for places in Poland and List of cities and towns in East Prussia

Polish cities with German names

In addition there are several modern Polish cities that were settled with German names
  • Most cities in East Prussia
  • Allenstein (German: "Stone castle at the Alle River", Polish name: Olsztyn)
  • Christburg (German: "Christ's castle"), renamed Dzierzgoń
  • Kolberg (Polish name: Kołobrzeg)
  • Marienburg in Westpreußen (German: "Mary's castle" (both the castle and the town of Marienburg were named for their patron saint), Polish name: Malbork)
  • Waldenburg (German: "Forest castle", Polish name: Wałbrzych)
  • Thorn (Polish name: Toruń)
  • Kulm (Polish name: Chełmno)
  • Landsberg in Ostpreußen (renamed Górowo Iławeckie)
  • Landsberg an der Warthe (renamed: Gorzów Wielkopolski)
  • Neidenburg (Polish name: Nidzica)
  • Guttstadt (German: "Good city", Polish name Dobre Miasto)
  • Heilsberg im Ermland (Polish name Lidzbark Warmiński)
  • Bartenstein (German: "Stone castle of the Bartians / Bartia, Polish name: Bartoszyce)
  • Schippenbeil (Polish name: Sępopol)
  • Riesenberg (German: "Giant's mountain", Polish name: Prabuty)

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Russian cities with German names

In addition there are several Russian cities that were settled with German names
Cities renamed
  • Engels (founded as Pokrovskaya sloboda, renamed Pokrovsk in 1914. In 1931, when it became the capital of the Volga German SSR, now a part of Saratov, it was renamed after Friedrich Engels)
  • Jamburg (Settled as Yama or Yamsky Gorodok, renamed Jamburg, then Yamburg', now Kingisepp, Russian: Кингисе́пп)

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

For a more detailed list see: List of German exonyms for places in Slovenia

Spain

Ukraine

Ukrainian settlements with German names

In addition there are several Ukrainian settlements that were settled with German names
  • Kassel Komarivka
  • Bergdorf Kolosova
  • Glückstal Glinnaya
  • Neudorf Karmanova
  • Tranzfeld [citation needed]
  • Mariental Georgievka
  • Josefstal Sergeievka
  • Schabo Kolonie Shabo
  • Schabolat Belenkoye
  • Schlenker Gut [citation needed]
  • Schulz Gut
  • Akkerman Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
  • Schulzenheim Bazaryanka

United Kingdom

Exonyms for places outside of Europe

China

Israel

Turkey

References

  1. Barnes & Nobles Revised Atlas of World History

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.