Re: [tied] Re: Language - Area - Routes

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 5960
Date: 2001-02-07

I'm sure you know when and why the name "Gotenhafen" was coined and given to Gdynia. But Polish archaeologists have long disembarrassed themselves of any silly nationalist and anti-German(ic) biasses in their work. Actually, the past decades have brought a great wealth of Gothic finds all over northern and eastern Poland, and any archaeologist would be more than happy to discover an important Gothic settlement anywhere, especially in Gdansk or Gdynia, to add the cities more historical glamour.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: tgpedersen@...
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Language - Area - Routes

I don't blame Polish archaeologists for not doing their utmost to locate Germanic relics in the vicinity of "Gotenhafen" after 1945, but still: absence of proof...