List of places in Germany named after people

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This is a list of inhabited places in Germany which are named after people. The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place.

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  • Augustus (lit. City of Augustus in the lands of the Treveri people)[33]

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References

  1. ^ Cf. "Über Adolphsdorf", on: Adolphsdorf: Das freundliche Dorf im Teufelsmoor, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ Peter von Kobbe, Geschichte und Landesbeschreibung der Herzogthümer Bremen und Verden: 2 parts, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1824, part 1, p. 28, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
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  4. ^ Cf. "Geschichte", on: Augustendorf, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  5. ^ Cf. Rico Werner, "Schloss Augustusburg – das Jagdschloss des Kurfürsten August" (5 October 2012), on: Sachsen-Blogger, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  6. ^ Otto von Heinemann, Geschichte von Braunschweig und Hannover, Gotha: Perthes, 1883, p. 100.
  7. ^ Cf. "Dorotheenstadt", on: Bezirkslexika von A-Z, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  8. ^ Cf. "Friedrichstadt", on: Bezirkslexika von A-Z, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  9. ^ Cf. "Friedrichswerder", on: Bezirkslexika von A-Z, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  10. ^ Cf. "Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt", on: Bezirkslexika von A-Z, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  11. ^ In 1729 Henrici, a general leaseholder (Generalpächter) of royal demesnes, proposed to establish the new settlement later named after him. Preparations, clearing forest, started in 1730 and were finished in 1736. In 1737 King Frederick William I of Prussia visited the new Vorwerk Muckenhorst and spontaneously renamed it after Henrici. Cf. Kurt Haase, "Das vorpommersche Amt Königsholland 1730–1818", in: Baltische Studien, New series vol. 66 (vol. 112 of the complete series), 1980, pp. 37–79, here p. 52, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  12. ^ Cf. "Luisenstadt", on: Bezirkslexika von A-Z, retrieved on 21 April 2014.
  13. ^ .
  14. ^ Jakob Sprenger, "Erlaß des Reichsstatthalters in Hessen über die Bildung der Gemeinde Zeppelinheim" (31 December 1937), in: Hessisches Regierungsblatt, No. 2 (1938), pp. 9seq. (pdf file, there p. 12).
  15. ^ Cf. "Wessel, Horst Ludwig", on: Bezirkslexika von A-Z, retrieved on 22 April 2014.
  16. ^ .
  17. ^ Claudia Hattendorff, "Marianne Heinz / Sabine Thümmler: König Jérôme (1807-1813): Was er zurückließ, was er mitnahm" (review; December 2010), on: Sehepunkte: Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften, retrieved on 22 April 2014.
  18. ^ Jürgen Hobrecht, "Als Haren Maczków hieß" (link), in: Die Zeit No. 21 (19 May 1995), Beilage Lebensart, retrieved on 22 April 2014.
  19. ^ Cf. "Die Wilhelms- wird zur Napoleonshöhe: Temporäre Umbenennung nach «König Lustik»", on: mhk · Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, retrieved on 22 April 2014.
  20. ^ Cf. "Ihlowerhörn" Archived 2014-04-06 at the Wayback Machine (section 'Aus der Geschichte Hüllenerfehns'), on: Ihlow: Wald – Wasser – Weite, retrieved on 22 April 2014.
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