Kulm

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:

Places

Austria

• Kulm bei Weiz, a municipality in Styria
• Kulm am Zirbitz, a municipality in Styria
• Kulm (ski flying venue), a ski jumping site at Tauplitz, Salzkammergut

Bohemia, now Czech Republic

• The German name of Chlumec in Bohemia, the scene of:
  • the Battle of Kulm, 1813 defeat to Napoleon by Austrians, Prussians, and Russians
• The German name of another Chlumec in Bohemia

Germany

• Rauher Kulm, a hill near Kemnath, Oberpfalz
• Kulmbach, Bach=stream and town in Bavarian district of Upper Franconia

Iran

• Kulm-e-Bala, a village in Ilam Province
• Kulm-e-Pain, a village in Ilam Province

Poland

• German name of Chełm, sometimes used in English

Prussia, now Poland

• Culm/Kulm town in Prussia, now Chełmno
  • Kulm law, Prussian Law (type of town charter)
  • Kulmerland, a historic region and diocese in Prussia

Switzerland

• Harderkulm, a viewpoint on the Harder near Interlaken in canton of Bern
• Kulm (district), canton of Aargau
• Kulm, the highest point of the Simplon Pass, canton of Valais
• Oberkulm and Unterkulm, two related villages in the canton of Aargau
• Pilatus Kulm, the name of the top cable car station on the Pilatus near Luzern
• Rigi Kulm, the highest peak of the Rigi massif in canton of Schwyz, near Luzern
• Part of the name of many mountain restaurants on the top of a mountain

United States

• Kulm, North Dakota

See also

• Culm (disambiguation)