This Article deals with geonames in the Czech Republic, i.e. the former Bohemian crown lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Silesia. The main focus of investigation are place names related to trees and other plants, forests and clearings. In particular, names derived from the beech tree (tagus silvaticus) are analyzed with regard to postglacial vegetational history, hypsometrlc biogeocenosis, history of settlement, and linguistic patterns. 84 place names derived from the beech tree have been verified at an average altitude of 425 m.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:31441 |
| Date | 03 September 2018 |
| Creators | Sperling, Walter |
| Publisher | Gesellschaft für Namenkunde e.V., 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 | 0943-0849, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-210608, qucosa:21060 |
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