Bishop (toponym)

On Bischof denominated place names there are widespread.

Name customer

Development of the bishop's hat from the 11th century until today

There are two derivatives of the name:

• first, a possessive origin, so concrete own possessions of a bishop in settlements and field names , foundations , or boundary marks the dioceses
• and on the other hand according to the shape of the miter , the bishop's hat as a crown of rank , for mountains with double peaks (in the form also for all possible other objects, see Bischofsmütze )

To form:

• Bishop , Bischoffen , Bishop [f] he (farms)
• Bischofberg , Bischofsberg , Bischberg ; Bishop's castle ; Bischofegg ; Bischoffshausen ; Bischofshof , Bischofshofen ; Bischofsheim , Bischoffsheim ; Bishop corn ; Bischofsmühle ; Bischofsreut , Bischofrod , Bischofroda , Bischofrode , Bischofferode , Bischoperode ; Bischofsried ; Bischofstal ; Bischofstein ; Bischofswarth ; Bischofswerda ; Bischweiler , Bischweier , Bischwiller , Bischwihr ; Bischofswiesen ; Bischofszell
• Pischelsdorf

Examples

After possession

• Pischelsdorf am Engelbach , Upper Austria, bequeathed to the Passau diocese in 803
• Bischberg , Upper Franconia - documented as Biscoffesberge in 1013
• Bischwiller , German Bischweiler, Alsace region, Bas-Rhin department - Foundation of the 11th century Bishops of Strasbourg
• Bischofroda in the Wartburg district, Thuringia - clearing foundation of the Mainz Bishop Ruthard, documented in 1104
• Bischwihr , German Bischweier, Alsace region, Haut-Rhin department - in the 12th century Bischoveswilre to Weiler
• Bischofsmais , Regen district - clearing of Niederaltaich monastery (first mentioned in 1136, at the time directly imperial)
• Bischofswiesen , Berchtesgadener Land - owned by the Salzburg bishops until 1155, afterwards as prince-provost of Berchtesgaden
• Bischofshofen , Pongau, State of Salzburg - in the 13th century owned by the Bishops of Chiemsee (1151 Hofen , 1215 Pongo )
• Bischofberg, in Radebeul-Zitzschewig, Saxony, today Gut Hohenhaus - in the 15th century the summer residence of the Meissen bishops

Extended forms and other languages:

• Bischofteinitz ( Horšovský Týn ), Czech Republic - Foundation of the Bishop of Prague

As a border marker

• Bischofberg , Lower Austria - the border between the dioceses of Linz and St. Pölten

Analogous:

• Pic des Trois Évêchés , 3116 m, Grandes Rousses , Hautes-Alpes - border triangle

According to the shape

Bischofsmütze (before the landslide)

• Bischofsmütze , on the Dachstein, large 2458 m, small 2430 m - characteristic from the south; Form not very pictorial since a major landslide in 1993
• Bischof , 2127 m, in the Kitzbühel Alps, Tyrol - characteristically from the north
• Bischofberg , 801 and 796 m, near Völkermarkt in the Lavanttal Alps, Carinthia
• Bischofsberg , 801 m, southeast of Königswiesen in the Mühlviertel, Upper Austria

Forms in other languages:

• Monte Mitra , 868 m, near Bitica , Equatorial Guinea

Individual evidence

1. ↑ for example the Untere Bischofer , the Mondsee Rauchhaus , first mentioned in 1416
2. ↑ Pic des Trois Evéchés Par le Vallon de Roche Noire (3116m) , bivouak.net
3. ↑ Monte Mitra, Equatorial Guinea on Peakbagger.com (English)

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