Namen in Urkunden zu sakralen Gründungen in Zwickau und Chemnitz Anfang des 12. Jahrhunderts. Onymische Zeugnisse für den Beginn des deutschen Landesausbaus an der Mulde vor 900 Jahren

Abstract

Names are treated in historical documents at the beginning of the 12th century in the South-West of Saxony along the rivers Mulde and Chemnitz. The article gives a review about the territories along two rivers with focus on the oldest settlements and their names. So it was possible to offer new facts with help of onymic analyses. The region is described as the real center with the beginning of the so called “Eastern Settlement” in the western part of Saxony and the East of Thuringia. The acceptance of Slavic names by the German administration can be proved already since 930 a. Chr. The initiatives of secular and clerical sovereigns and Lords are widely illustrated.