Worm rush

Worm rush community Birgland Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 59 ″ N , 11 ° 36 ′ 26 ″ E
Height :	509 m above sea level NN
Postal code :	92262
Area code :	09666
Location of Wurmrausch in Bavaria
	Worm rush

Wurmrausch is a district of the municipality of Birgland in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria .

origin of the name

The place name Wurmrausch - documented in the Middle Ages as "Wurmriske" and "Wurmrisch" - is a compound name. It consists of the Old High German word “wurm” for “worm”, “snake”, “dragon” and Old High German “risc”, which means “reed, marsh grass”. The compound word can therefore have meant "snake bushes" or something similar. Or maybe it was a plant name, as in many other compounds with the prefix “worm”. The place would then be named after the plants that grew there.

Individual evidence

↑ Where does Ameisgrub come from? (Update). The research group from Regensburg explains names. Der neue Tag - Oberpfälzischer Kurier, August 4, 2016, accessed on September 1, 2016 .

Web links

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[1] Where does Ameisgrub come from? (Update). The research group from Regensburg explains names. Der neue Tag - Oberpfälzischer Kurier, August 4, 2016, accessed on September 1, 2016 .