In the last years two millennia were celebrated in Merseburg: In 1013
the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry II, met there with the King of
Poland, Bolesław Chrobry, and in 1015 the Merseburg cathedral was consecrated.
Thus it is not surprising that linguists, too, took again some interest
in the town
and the still unclear etymology of its name. The first was Christian Zschieschang,
showing in two papers the potential relevance of the medieval etymology
‘city/castle of (the war-god) Mars’, the second was Karlheinz Hengst, proposing
the name might mean ‘city / castle with a good overview (over the surroundings)’
and the last one to join was Harald Bichlmeier arguing (based on an idea by
Albrecht Greule) for a ‘castle/town at the area with rocks / stones / pebbles’.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:17183 |
| Date | 15 February 2018 |
| Creators | Bichlmeier, Harald, Hengst, Karlheinz |
| Publisher | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Namenforschung (GfN), Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-170739, qucosa:17073 |
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