Kogel (toponym)

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Kogel and Kofel are two toponyms ( oronyms ) that denote a summit shape.

The word Kogel , mountain dome 'or' mountain with a roundish summit ', often in the name syncopated-sanded Kogl , or as Kögel reduced , in its etymology unknown. It could possibly come from the Latin cucullus ' hood ' (old: Gugel ) (cf. the place Cucullae and [ Kalte ] Kuchel as mountain / pass name). Another explanation would be from the Latin collis 'hill'. Perhaps it is also autochthonous old Bavarian . The reference to a form can be found specifically in Kogelberg ( Kögelberg ).

The similar Kofel, on the other hand, which does not designate rounded peaks but rather rugged rocky peaks, is explicitly seen as referring to a different root, namely a (reconstructed) Romanesque word cubulum ' cave , rock ', which is dialectically derived from Gufel 'rock cave, overhanging wall' finds. In linguistic usage, Kofel and Kogel are strictly separated as a mountain name where both words are used. A special case is the Patscherkofel near Innsbruck, which the cartographers Peter Anich and Blasius Hueber referred to as Kofel in the Atlas Tyrolensis , although the mountain can be considered an archetype of a Kogel due to its morphology .

Another variant is Kobel , perhaps close to Tobel as a convex sweep shape.

As a place and family name - as a name of origin 'who lives on / near the Kogel', especially as Kogler and compositions - the word is native and very productive in almost all of Austria and Bavaria, Kofel - and Kofler  - on the other hand is primarily Tyrolean-Carinthian, that is Central to South Bavarian.

Wasenkogel , the dialect expression Wasen (' lawn , sod '), describes a grassy summit corridor (Salzburg-Bavarian). Grassy and rounded peaks are comparatively rare, close to the tree line or because of special vegetation conditions. However, it is quite rare as a field name. Elsewhere or in parallel, there is Grasberg for this , in combination with rocky eruptions in Alemannic also Fluh .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinz Dieter Pohl: South Bavarian mountain names from Carinthia and East Tyrol (Austria). In: Astrid van Nahl, Lennart Elmevik, Stefan Brink (eds.): Worlds of names - place and person names in a historical perspective. (at the same time the Real Lexicon of Germanic Antiquity , Supplementary Volume 44). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004, ISBN 3-11-018108-8 , p. 243 ( preview in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ For Kluge 2002, Kogel's etymology is not clear; he sees a possible proximity of the word to ball , which even in the description of the word is not associated with the Latin cucullus . The origin of Kogel remains "otherwise unclear" for him. Cf. Friedrich Kluge : Etymological dictionary of the German language , edited by Elmar Sebold. 24th, revised and expanded edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-11-017474-X (CD-ROM).
  3. ↑ For headgear, compare hat or bishop [smütze] as a mountain name.
  4. ↑ a b bavarian Almen: Glossary: K . Society for Agricultural History V. (GfA): Database AgrarKulturerbe (agrarkulturerbe.de, accessed April 16, 2015).
  5. ↑ For the similarity of these two in oronyms, compare Ofen .
  6. ↑ wasenkogel , m . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 27 : W – way [twittering] -zwiesel - (XIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1922 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  7. ↑ cf. " Wasenkogl; A capped Wasen (turf) Berg (Schmeller). "In: bavarian Almen: Glossary: W . agrarkulturerbe.de; accessed April 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ There is a castle Wasen / Wasenhof / Wasenkogel in Lower Austria's Mostviertel. Wasen . In: Lower Austria · Burgen online , imareal.sbg.ac.at; accessed April 16, 2015.