A German colony in Jutland: the evidence of Christian names
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A German colony in Jutland: the evidence of Christian names. / Eggert, Birgit.
I: Onoma: Journal of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences, Bind 46 (2011), 2013, s. 53-75.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - A German colony in Jutland: the evidence of Christian names
AU - Eggert, Birgit
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In 1760, invited by king Frederik V, immigrants came to Denmark from thesouthern parts of Germany. Uninhabited moorlands in Jutland needed to becultivated and the German immigrants were offered a number of inducementsto settle in Viborg County. Many of the German immigrants settled in a singleparish, Frederik’s Parish. Here the German language was used for services inthe parish church until 1856. Thereafter German and Danish services alternated,and from 1870 the church language was solely Danish.This investigation shows that in 1801, after about 40 years in Denmark, theimmigrants’ descendants still use Christian names that are different from thenational Danish pattern. But in 1880 many of the descendants bear a particularlyDanish development of a Nordic name, a name from the saints’ calendar,or a name from the Bible. The increase in these names took place in the 1850sjust after Denmark lost the war in 1848-50 against the German States, andDanish nationalism had arisen throughout the country. For this reason thedescendants of the German immigrants had a need culturally or politically toshow their Danish identity through the names about 20 years before the language of the church services became exclusively Danish in 1870.
AB - In 1760, invited by king Frederik V, immigrants came to Denmark from thesouthern parts of Germany. Uninhabited moorlands in Jutland needed to becultivated and the German immigrants were offered a number of inducementsto settle in Viborg County. Many of the German immigrants settled in a singleparish, Frederik’s Parish. Here the German language was used for services inthe parish church until 1856. Thereafter German and Danish services alternated,and from 1870 the church language was solely Danish.This investigation shows that in 1801, after about 40 years in Denmark, theimmigrants’ descendants still use Christian names that are different from thenational Danish pattern. But in 1880 many of the descendants bear a particularlyDanish development of a Nordic name, a name from the saints’ calendar,or a name from the Bible. The increase in these names took place in the 1850sjust after Denmark lost the war in 1848-50 against the German States, andDanish nationalism had arisen throughout the country. For this reason thedescendants of the German immigrants had a need culturally or politically toshow their Danish identity through the names about 20 years before the language of the church services became exclusively Danish in 1870.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - navneforskning
KW - personnavne
KW - fornavne
KW - minoriteter
KW - kartoffeltyskere
M3 - Journal article
VL - 46 (2011)
SP - 53
EP - 75
JO - Onoma
JF - Onoma
SN - 0078-463X
ER -
ID: 45773315