Athens (eponym)

The name of the Greek capital Athens is eponym of cities like

Germany

• " Spree-Athens " for Berlin (1706)
• "German Athens" for Mannheim (after Berlin)
• " Ilm -Athen" for Weimar
• " Pleisse -Athen" for Leipzig
• " Leine -Athen" for Göttingen

Outside of Germany

• "Emajõe Ateena" for Tartu in Estonia (" Embach -Athen" for Dorpat )
• “Athens of the North” for Edinburgh in Scotland

literature

• Georg Ludwig Kriegk : Writings on general geography , W. Engelmann, 1840, p. 118

Individual evidence

1. ^ Inka Schwand, Uwe Rada: Baltic encounters: On the way in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania . be.bra verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8393-2104-1 ( google.ee [accessed October 21, 2018]).
2. ↑ https://ewh.org.uk/trails/athens-of-the-north