Schachen (toponym)

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Schachen, in the second link -schess (en) or -schuh , is a German toponym that means ' wood , forest '. As a field and place name originally for "shrub forest along lakes and rivers, later also for grassland in such locations".

Word origin

The word comes from Middle High German schache / schach from Old High German  scahho . It generally means forest 'or' scrub ', as a single standing forest or Vorsaum a forest , to forest plot ( "You are the Stämb and Schächen which estate in irem, our holzhayen fürzaigen." - Berchthesgadner Forest order ). Related are Old Norse skógr , Swedish skog , Danish skov 'forest'. In place names, a piece of forest that was left standing during the reclamation of the High Middle Ages is to be assumed as the cleared name .

In addition, in the broader sense, there is a complex of meanings ' promontory , headland ', according to Grimm, “a tongue-like strip at all”. In Switzerland, for example, there does not have to be any connection to forest cover. Related to this is the Old Norse skagi 'headland'.

Spread and examples

The word is name-forming in the entire Upper German- speaking area - but with a few exceptions mainly there - and has survived in the dialect.

Examples are:

As a second link in a compound:

And as a name of origin of people:

Possible Nordic connection:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Helfenstein: The Namengut Pilate territory. Keller, Luzern 1982, ISBN 3-85766-004-X , p. 50.
  2. ↑ Schachen . In: Geographical Lexicon of Switzerland , 1902 (peter-hug.ch)
  3. ↑ a b Viktor Lumtzer, Johann Melich: German place names and loan words of the Hungarian vocabulary , Volume VI. of sources and research on the literature and language of Austria and its crown lands , Verlag der Wagnerschen Universitätsbuchhandlung, Innsbruck, 1900, Chapter Brief History of German Settlements in Hungary , II, p. 29; whole work (PDF; 18.6 MB) scans.library.utoronto.ca
  4. ↑ a b schache, schachen , m., Mhd. Schache, weak masc., Ahd. Scahho vorgebirg, headland . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  5. ↑ Cbm. Kl. 196, p. 28. Information in Der Schachen (schachɘ̃) . In: Johann Andreas Schmeller: Bavarian Dictionary: Collection of words and expressions . Volume 3. Verlag JG Gotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1836, p. 315 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ on Holzheier cf. 1 Holzhei, Holzheier - like a wooden enclosure . Holzhei . In: German Academy of Sciences of the GDR, Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 5 , Issue 10 (edited by Otto Gönnenwein , Wilhelm Weizsäcker , with the assistance of Hans Blesken). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1967, OCLC 832566857 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - first edition: 1960, unchanged reprint). And also '(cherished) forest area', compare the following 2 Holzhei .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Jürgen Udolph : worlds of names. De Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-11-091147-3 , p. 368 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  8. ↑ Schachen (municipality Feichten ad Alz) .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. District Office Altötting, history, search for place names@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lra-aoe.de  
  9. ↑ a b "in Switzerland headlands, floodplains or lowlands on the water, whether with wood or not, are called Schachen" schache. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  10. ↑ Grimm describes it “only in oberd. Preserving dialects ”. chess. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  11. ↑ a b c d Schmid, p. 449. Nach schache. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  12. ↑ the official gazetteer lists 33 entries on chess for Upper Austria ...
  13. ^ Forest in Hollersbachtal , Land Salzburg
  14. ^ Forest near Goldegg im Pongau , Land Salzburg. According to the list of the goods of the emigrants which are available for sale. Published 1732, p. 27, column 2 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive }; copy in list.genealogy.net, October 30, 2002; on the possessions of the exiles )
  15. ↑ at Eichstätt , Bavaria