Ford (way)
As ford partly in rural areas of Austria called next places to cross rivers and unpaved roadways.
origin
According to the German dictionary of the Brothers Grimm, a meaning of ford is also “weg, bahn”, which already appears in Middle High German, for example in Parzival .
"Ër muoʒ sëlbe suochen furt
'hinderm ors ûfme grieʒe."
Martin Luther then used this term more figuratively: “because the life in faith is a toe and entrance or ford to himel into that life.” The term literally comes as “walking next to the ford” in the meaning of “on a byway, one forbidden way, going a wrong way ”.
nature
Such fords are public roads of local importance that are used both on foot and by all -terrain, mostly agricultural vehicles and are public property owned by the municipality. The maintenance and care of such paths is mostly done by the agricultural property neighbors.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ford 3). In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 4 : Forschel – retainer - (IV, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1878, Sp. 899 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).