Vacha ‒ Faschau ‒ Jachsheim

Critical observations on the documentary and linguistic history of three South-Thuringian toponyms

Abstract

Vacha, a small town and Faschau, a deserted site near Meiningen, are both situated in southwestern Thuringia, just 35 km apart. Some researchers of regional history occasionally held the opinion that the first official record of Vacha in c. 817 in a deed of donation might refer to this place Faschau, now deserted. The following study will interpret the deserted place name Faschau and elucidate that the deed of donation of 817 applies to what is now Vacha.