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marie07834
marie07834
1 year ago

Every city has its own name that is special. Why is Cologne Cologne or why is Frankfurt Frankfurt? This question cannot be answered. It’s all made names.

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BrascoC
BrascoC
1 year ago
Reply to  marie07834

The name “Freudenstadt” derives from Duke Friedrich I of Württemberg, who founded the city in 1599. The city was called the “Freudenstadt” to express the joy of the birth of his son, Duke Friedrich II. Therefore, the name “Freudenstadt”, which translates as much as “city of joy”. The place is located in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Source: ChatGPT.

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BrascoC
BrascoC
1 year ago
Reply to  SuperKuhnibert4

I didn’t say anything about any city name being invented. Most city names have a relation to location or other things.

Edit: Oh, something went wrong here. Why is my comment on another one? I’ll take everything back. He should be independent…

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Pausenraum
Pausenraum
1 year ago
Reply to  marie07834

In your examples it is known

Frankfurt comes from Franken and Furt and describes a place where the Franks pursued the Saxony over the Main.

Cologne comes from the Roman colony.

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Pausenraum
Pausenraum
1 year ago
Reply to  marie07834

Just place names always have a background. However, there are places whose first settlement is so old that one cannot always prove etymologically where the name originates.

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AnnukaSi
AnnukaSi
1 year ago

For the first time, the 1601 was originally mentioned. Where this name comes is not clear.

In most cases, places retain the name, even if the city gets better or worse.

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Interesierter
Interesierter
1 year ago

Could be.

Only if that’s how it comes from “Darmstadt”?

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