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Folks
 
The "furt" of Frankfurt appears to mean a ford
 
"The  name of Frankfurt on Main is derived from the Franconofurd of the 
Germanic tribe of the Franks; Furt (c.f._._ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf.)  
English ford)  where the river was shallow enough to be crossed by wading. 
Alemanni and Franks lived there and by 794 Charlemagne presided over an 
imperial assembly and church synod, at which Franconofurd (-furt -vurd) was 
first mentioned."  from Wikapedia
 
 
Blessings
Martin
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In a message dated 15/05/2015 03:41:22 GMT Daylight Time,  
cervus51 at gmail.com writes:

Since  the Hymn tune for "A Mighty Fortress" is listed as "Ein feste Burg"
I'd say  that's a good guess.

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Scott Knitter  <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at  1:03 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org>  wrote:
>
> > Frankford is actually the English equivalent of  Frankfurt in  German.
> > Having
> > lived in  Frankfurt/Main, Germany for 3+ years, I always assumed that
> > the  "furt" was equivalent to "fort", but it isn't so.  Before  Napoleon
> got
> > through with them, Frankfurt/M had the most  impressive fortifications  
in
> > Germany.
>  >
>
> Interesting. I'm thinking "-burg" is the German  equivalent of 
-fort(ress).
>
>
> --
> Scott R.  Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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