Balm (toponym)

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The word Balm is of Celtic or Gallo-Roman origin and in Switzerland and southern Germany initially describes a rock overhang that offers protection and shelter. The name can also be transferred to a hut built by a simple wall under the overhang. If there is also a hollow in the mountain, it is called a residential cave .

Balm is part of numerous place names that refer to an old settlement (in the French-speaking area Baume , e.g. Baume-les-Dames ), the Balm Castle , the mountain name Balmhorn , the Balmberg and the nearby Balm near Günsberg with the ruins Balm , see Balm .

See also

  • Balmer , presumably derived family name

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry Balm at ortsnames.ch, accessed on July 4, 2018
  2. Article Balm in: Schweizerisches Idiotikon Vol. IV, Sp. 1215 ( digitized version )
  3. Patrick Brauns : The mountains are calling. Verlag Huber, 2002, pp. 24-26