Point (toponym)

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Point is an old German toponym .

meaning

In the Bavarian language area , the point , which developed from the Old High German term biunta , later Beunde , means either a small Gütler property or a fenced hallway outside the communal property, which was often the sole property of the landlord. ( Beunde today schweiz./südd. For Garden ). Pointler is the local name for a cottage owner , a small farmer, with a field of less than 10 yokes (i.e. less than a quarter farmer  , see Sölde )

There is no connection with the French le point, derived from the Latin punctum ('puncture'), and the English the point .

Place names with point

Numerous places, courtyards, corridor names and street names named after them still contain the term point today .

Place names can be found in a relatively small area in Old Bavaria , with one exception in Lower Bavaria, all places are in Upper Bavaria. In Austria the place name Point occurs 17 times, in all federal states except Vienna and Vorarlberg. In South Tyrol the toponym appears as Peinte and Peinten in the eastern part of the country ( Pustertal ).

There are numerous formations with the word, mostly as a base word in place names (such as Haberpoint, Niesenpoint ) and often as a court name and name of origin of people ( Pointner , Peintner or Paintner ). Appellations of origin were also derived from the compound place names (such as Bärnpointner or Kreuzpaintner ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of language - meaning of place names , bairische-sprache.at
  2. ↑ Place name  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ,@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.heimatmuseumpregarten.at   Pregarten local history museum
  3. ↑ Beunde ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.danielbruederle.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , danielbruederle.de
  4. ↑ Hans Commenda: Volkstum im Landl during the Biedermeier period. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. 113th Volume, Linz 1968, p. 159 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at)
  5. ^ Point . Duden online