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Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...
The South Australian Nomenclature Act 1917 authorised the compilation and gazetting of a list of place-names contained in a report of the previous October prepared by a parliamentary "nomenclature committee", and authorised the Governor of South Australia, by proclamation, to "alter any place-name which he deems to be of enemy origin to some ...
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
The Magdeburg law became the inspiration for regional town charters not only in Germany, but also in Central and Eastern Europe who modified it during the Middle Ages. The German town law (based on the Magdeburg rights) was used in the founding of many German cities, towns, and villages beginning in the 13th century. [1]
A small town in Arizona. Also a small town in Tasmania, Australia. Bagotoji A village & train station in Lithuania. The name translates roughly to "Rich Lady" in Lithuanian. As far as we know, it has no affiliations to any billionares or millionares. Bagshot: A village in England. Bahama: Small community near Durham, North Carolina. Pronounced ...
List of cities, towns and villages in Cyprus; List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic; List of cities in Denmark; List of cities and towns in Estonia; List of cities and towns in Finland; List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants; List of cities and towns in Georgia (country) List of cities and towns in Germany; List of ...
Municipalities titled Stadt (town or city) are urban municipalities while those titled Gemeinde are classified as rural municipalities. With more than 3,600,000 inhabitants, the most populous municipality of Germany is the city of Berlin; and the least populous is Gröde in Schleswig-Holstein.
First town in the Kingdom of Poland which was granted Sroda Slaska law was Kostomloty (probably 1241), followed by Ujow and Sobotka. Kalisz law (Latin: ius Calisiense) was a local variety of Sroda Slaska law, used in eastern Greater Poland and WieluĊ Land. In 1283, Duke Przemysl II created high court of German law, located in Kalisz.