Der Slawengau Rochelinzi im Licht der Ortsnamen: Ein Beitrag zur slawischen Frühgeschichte Sachsens

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Abstract

Following Slavic immigration in the 7th century a Slavic tribal region
developed on the lower Zwickauer Mulde river in the area of Rochlitz, the city
mentioned as urbs and burgwardus Rochelinzi by Thietmar von Merseburg
between 1014 and 1018. The region included 52 settlements, most of which were
on land between 61 und 71 ground control points, a few above that. Thirteen of
these villages had a name with the suffix -(ov)ici, three had a name of the type
Kosobudy/Žornosěky. These represent the oldest class of names and the centre
of the area. The later place names, with the suffixes -jь, -in and -ov based on
personal names, appear in the centre as well as on the outskirts, where a greater
number of place names based on appellatives are found. Some names such as
Zschauitz and Kralapp, along with many other place names between the Elbe
and Saale rivers, have exact equivalents in Bohemia and Moravia. They provide
evidence of the immigrants’ origin.