mersiowsky - 8-16-2022 at 10:00 PM
Lětopis Abstract 2021 2: Hengst, Karlheinz: On the Value of the Interdisciplinary Approach when Researching Language and History. Presented
Using the Form of Names in the Work of Thietmar von Merseburg
Bishop Thietmar von Merseburg mentioned many times in his chronicle the name of a castle, Cziczani, the last time was in AD 1018, in
connection with the battles between Emperor Heinrich II and the Polish Regent, Bolesław Chrobry. The different texts are analyzed linguistically
and historically in this article, and the graphic differences are explained. Older attempts to link Old Sorbian names for fortifications to place
names in Lusatia are examined critically. After a detailed consideration of grapheme-phoneme relations in the forms, which have been handed down, the
linguistic-historical results are compared with previous archeological-historical findings. It becomes noticeable that an original settlement was
fortified somewhat later, and, because of its geographical situation, was able to offer particular protection. This interdisciplinary study shows
furthermore that the original Slavonic name was already abandoned in the Middle Ages and replaced by a German name.