Re: Permian

> >
> > > Actually, most rivers have more than one bank.
> >
> > But most old settlements on large rivers were located either
> > on one of them or in between (on an island) at the time they
> > received their names.
> >
>
> http://echo.ec.funpic.de/webpages/Bremen_Karte_1918_.jpg
>
> Several banks in this case. Flat and wet.
>

Bent Jørgensen: Stednavneordbog
"
Bramming ...
The original Bramming at the church and the 'hovedgård' is situated
on a spit of land ('næs') between Ilsted Å and Holsted Å...
"

cf. the map of Bremen. No one in his right mind places a habitation
on one side of a river, with 180 degrees lack of protection. Spits
in forks of rivers were preferred, it reduced the length of the
necessary wall/moat.


Torsten