Fließ (body of water)

Fliess ( neuter ) is an old word for a watercourse. In Brandenburg , Berlin and Saxony it is still used today as a hydronym for brook (waters) . In Mark-Brandenburg dialects it is called Fliët. In Low German it corresponds to the Fleth or Fleet , in Dutch the Vliet (waters) .

Examples

• Fredersdorfer Mühlenfließ , a stream in Brandenburg and Berlin (Barnim, Müggelspree)
• Großes Fließ , a river in Brandenburg (Niederlausitz)
• Hammerfließ , a stream in Brandenburg (Baruther Urstromtal)
• Hellmühler Fließ , a stream in Brandenburg (Barnim)
• Lichtenower Mühlenfließ , a stream in Brandenburg (Barnim)
• Neuenhagener Mühlenfließ , a stream in Brandenburg and Berlin (Erpetal)
• Pfefferfließ , a stream in Brandenburg (Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park)
• Rieploser Fließ , a ditch in Brandenburg (Dahme Heideseen Nature Park)
• Rudower Fließ , a brook in Berlin-Rudow
• Sophienfließ , a brook in Brandenburg (Märkische Schweiz)
• Tegeler Fließ , a stream in Brandenburg and Berlin (Barnim)
• Werderfließ , a stream in Brandenburg (Märkische Schweiz)
• Weigersdorfer Fließ , a stream in Saxony ( Upper Lusatian heath and pond area )

See also

• Katzbach (Koenigsberg)
• Oberteich (Kaliningrad)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brandenburg name book. Part 10. The names of the waters of Brandenburg . Founded by Gerhard Schlimpert , edited by Reinhard E. Fischer . Edited by K. Gutschmidt, H. Schmidt, T. Witkowski. Berlin contributions to name research on behalf of the Humanities Center for the History and Culture of East Central Europe eV Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Successor, Weimar 1996, ISBN 3-7400-1001-0 , p. 76.