Re: What city is Warklau?

Elzbieta Porteneuve — Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:57 pm

Author: Elzbieta Porteneuve

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:57 pm

mchait wrote:

Wow. Awesome. Thanks!! Is there a map with the German name, Warklau on it?

Henryk - Great!

MChait,

I looked up Wikis in various languages, see below, but do not see Warklau. After some search I do not believe "Warklau" is the correct German orthography, as we should see it in some historical records.
It is not in the alphabetiocal list of German places from 1900: Gemeindeverzeichnis Deutschland 1900
http://www.ulischubert.de/geografie/gem1900/abc/abc.htm?w001.htm

Gilberto reported several records with the name Warklau, so my hypothesis of typo-transformation is weak: Warkland -> Warklan -> Warklau
Maybe the second variant given in German Wiki: Warkelen -> Warklau

I am much more comfortable with Polish mutation: Warkljane -> Warklany.

Sorry.
Best,
Elzbieta
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Wiki in German
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varak%C4%BC%C4%81ni
Varakļāni (deutsch: Warkland oder Warkelen) ist eine Kleinstadt in Lettgallen, im Osten Lettlands.

Wiki in Polish
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varak%C4%BC%C4%81ni
Varakļāni wymowa i (pol. Warklany, niem. Warkland) – miasto we wschodniej Łotwie (na obszarze historycznych Inflant)
Old geography book: Warklany
http://dir.icm.edu.pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_XII/956

Wiki in French gives information about the castle, and the name of gentleman who bought the land
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varak%C4%BC%C4%81ni

Le château de Varakļāni a été construit dans le style classique de 1783 à 1789, par le conte Germano-Balte Michael Johann von der Borch-Lubeschitz und Borchhoff sur le domaine Warkland que les von der Borch avaient acquis après la guerre de Livonie en 1558. --> error in French, comte not conte
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The castle Varakļāni was built in the classical style from 1783 to 1789 by the German-Baltic Earl Michael Johann von der Borch-Lubeschitz und Borchhoff on Warkland area that von der Borch had acquired after the Livonian War in 1558.

English Wiki is the poorest
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