Meyer’s Gazetteer Abbreviations

Germany “How to” Guide, Intermediate Level: Answer Key

September 2015

Use the following Meyer’s extract to answer the questions.

1. There are four entries in the extract above. Name the locations in the order they appear in the extract.

Lützelforst

Lützelhardt

Lützelhausen

Lützelhausen

2. Answer the following questions using the first entry in the extract above.

What is the locality of this entry? Lützelforst List the three abbreviations in this entry. Ml. Kr. s. What do the abbreviations mean? Mühle Kreis siehe auch Translate the abbreviations. mill district see also

What is Dieburg? the Kreis, or district Richen is another locality. You should refer to the Richen What is Richen? entry to answer questions about Lützelforst not addressed in this entry.

3. Answer the following questions using the second entry in the extract above.

What is the locality of this entry? Lützelhardt List the three abbreviations in this entry. Forsth. Kr. s. What do the abbreviations mean? Forsthaus Kreis siehe auch Translate the abbreviations. forester’s house district see also

What is Weißenburg? the Kreis, or district Obersteinbach is another locality. You should refer to the What is Obersteinbach? Obersteinbach entry to answer questions about Lützelhardt not addressed in this entry.

4. Answer the following questions using the third entry in the extract above, namely, Lützelhausen.

What is the locality of this entry? Lützelhausen What kind of locality was this? Village What province was it it? Alsace-Lorraine What was the Bezirk? Unterelsass Molsheim was the: (give the German Bezirks- words) Kreis Kanton Amtsgericht kommando This locality was on what rail line? Straßburg-Saales Where was the civil registrar’s office? Lützelhausen Give the meaning and translation of OFörst. Oberförsterei office of the head forester What was the religion of the church? Catholic There were two forester’s houses. One was called Kappelbronn. Kappelbronn’s post office was at Wisch. Kappelbronn had a train station which was 5 km from Lützelhausen. Kappelbronn had four inhabitants. Name the other forester’s house. How many inhabitants were there? Kleinwisch 5 There were two sawmills named Kleinwisch. They both used the train station at Wisch. The train stations were 2.8 and 3.3 km from Wisch (dsgl.=same as preceeding) respectively. How many residents lived in Kleinwisch I? 8 How many residents lived in Kleinwisch II? 5 What is the name of hamlet belonging to Lützelhausen? Netzenbach How far is the Schliffstein forester’s house from the Wisch train station? How many 6 km 3 residents were there?

5. Answer the following questions using the fourth entry in the extract above.

What is the name of the locality? Lützelhausen What kind of locality is this? village What province is this locality in? Hessen-Nassau What does RB. mean? What is the Regierungs- administrative translation? What is the RB. for this locality? bezirk district Cassel Where was the military district command? Hanau Where was the civil registrar’s office? Altenhaßlau Where was the train station? How far away? Bernbach 3.2 km What was the population? 378