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Culmsee the origin at the lake today named Jezioro Chelmzynskie at town named Chelmza

we from Culmsee – the lake

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 by Axel Culmsee

… our roots …

in the beginning we were from CulmSee, lake at today's Poland

early 13th century a settlement was mentioned with this name at a lake there, named the CulmSEE ( = CulmLAKE) … and it was told that a wanderer who came from that settlement’s lake named himself Culmsee because those days family names where not common … and that’s why – very shortened – why “we” are named Culmsee or Kulmsee or in a variation Kolmsee / Colmsee, too, reasoned by the fact that C… / K… often were used synonymous (Latin) …

location of Culmsee in 1251 got city rights

since 20th century, finally after WWII, C/K got back its name Chełmża located at the lake named Jezioro Chełmżyńskie

 

1 thought on “we from Culmsee – the lake”

  1. Poul Hurup says:
    May 6, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    As a fun and somewhat strange fact, the map I use as a background calls the lake “Culmseer See”, which is somewhat a Pleonasm (a duplication)

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