Německá toponyma a poněmčování v zajetí nacionalismu 19. století
German toponyms and Germanization under the influence of 19th-century nationalism

Summary/Abstract: Due to the complicated history between Czechs and Germans, research on names (especiallyGerman names) has often been influenced by nationalism and – from the linguistic point ofview – purism. Czech authors wanted to improve the Slavic origin of the German place names,thus we can find some false interpretations in their papers. However, more attention has arisenbecause of the Germanization of Slavic names, which was fixed as a part of the revision afterthe 1918. The revision after the 1945, when most of the names of the German origin wereremoved as a symbol of the Germans and German dominance, was more radical. At present,the perception of German place names is changing. As the result we can encounter the rehabilitationor revitalization of these names (especially in the case of non-standardized toponymsor chrematonyms).

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