And Then There is This

This peninsula is called Schwaben. It is in Altenburg-Jestetten (Jestetten!) on the German-Swiss border and is a site of an ancient “Celtic” fortress.

jestetten

Apparently, it was listed in the 9th century as Suabowa (as per Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte).

halbinsel

 

The -owa is, supposedly, derived from -ava relating to water…  This is not the only -owa in parts of Germany where there had been no Slavs:

owa1 owa2

 

And here we can see Germanic influence in Poland – the town of Stalowa (Wola) also, of course, located on a river – this time the river San.

stalova

Hilarious!

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June 8, 2015

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