-reuth
The suffix -reuth (partly from -rut [e]) as part of place names stands for a place that was created on a cleared forest area. Then the place name is a so-called clearing name . The suffixes -rath , -rod , -roda and -rode are closely related .
Examples
(Bavarian, Saxon, Thuringian) Vogtland :
- Tirschenreuth
- Neualbenreuth
- Konnersreuth
- Pechtnersreuth
- Pullenreuth
- Reuth near Erbendorf
- Immenreuth
- Puchersreuth
- Kirchendemenreuth
other places:
- Reuth (Eifel)
- Kalkreuth (near Großenhain in Saxony)
Austria