List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_Slovenia

List of German names for places in Slovenia

List of German names for places in Slovenia

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This is a list of German language names for places located in Slovenia. Slovenia was formerly controlled by the German-speaking country Austria, so historical Austrian districts are also listed.

History

A large part of Slovenia is represented here in 1897

Until 1866, the only official language used in the Austrian Empire's administration was German. Locations had an additional German name, but some place names were only Germanized versions of the original Slavic names.

The compromise of 1867 (which became a law in 1871[1]) marked the start of a recognition of areas where an important proportion of another language was used.

Many towns and villages received another name after 1867, except where there was a German-speaking majority.

List of names

Ajdovščina - Haidenschaft in 1859
Bovec - Flitsch in 1859
Tschernembl - Črnomelj in 1897
Rieg only before 1867
Laibach - Ljubliana, Bilingual in 1891
Maribor (Marbug)
Early use of letter Č, bilingual named Ratschach - Radeče later
Radmannsdorf - Radovljica, end of the 1860s, bilingual after
Sevnica (Rann)
Windisch Feistritz (Marbug)
Slovenske Konjice (Cilli)
Šoštanj, 1883 bilingual (Windischgrätz)
Trbovlje, bilingual at the end of the 19th c. (Cilli)
Zidani Most (Cilli)
Sairach - Ziri in 1911
German WÖLLAN in Velenje in 1874ca
More information Slovenia Slowenien, Slovenian place ...

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References

  1. [1]
    Klein p.28, Erlass vom 2. April 1871.
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