Altstraßen und Ortsnamentypen ‒ am Beispiel des Bayern und Böhmen verbindenden Fernwegs Baierweg

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show connections between the course of early and high medieval old streets and the occurrence of place name types with their specific time composition. The names of the towns on the Baierweg long-distance route linking Bavaria and Bohemia are examined here as examples. The determination of the etymology is followed by a typological evaluation, which shows the important role of the Baierweg as an orientation axis for settlement activity in the later early Middle Ages.