[tied] Re: Permian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

>
> On 2006-04-21 14:39, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > http://echo.ec.funpic.de/webpages/Bremen_Karte_1918_.jpg
> >
> > Several banks in this case. Flat and wet.
>
> What is a modern map supposed to prove as regards the etymology of

the

> city's name?

All the banks are still there.

>The whole Altstadt is located on the _right_ bank (sg.) of
> the Weser, between the main course of the river and the

Stadtgraben (a

> system of mediaeval moats).
>

Actually, Bremen was founded in pre-mediaeval times. I'd be
surprised if the city didn't start on the island in the river. Paris
did.


Torsten