Names of the streets and squares of Wrocław have undergone repeated changes, of which those of greatest significance were the change of German names to Polish directly after World War II. This process was not without error, and as a result, many incorrect or unfortunate names were produced, a significant number of which are in force to this day. In this article, commemorative and directional names are studied, pointing out several kinds of errors. Some German names were changed to Polish by direct translation or phonetic transformation without attention to the genesis of the original designation. There were errors of fact, grammar, and inflection, and a number of names were given that were similar in sound or meaning. Many traditional names were abandoned, sometimes even those of medieval origin, and they were replaced with designations relating to historical events and persons, often with an ideological coloring.
The article is devoted to a preliminary, exploring analysis of the geographical names from the area of the Commonwealth of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania functioning in the French language in the third quarter of the 18th century and registered in the famous Encyclopaedia of Diderot and d'Alembert (Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1751-1772). The material comes from the monograph by Maciej Forycki Chronografia Rzeczypospolitej szlacheckiej in Encyclopaedia of Diderot and d'Alembert, Poznan 2010.
In our article we focus on the interdisciplinary concept of memory and its use in toponomastic research. The first part of the article focused on the theoretical analysis of the selected concepts of memory used in contemporary humanities and social sciences. We focused mainly on the characteristics and specificities of the concept of memory which is currently used or created in the field of toponomastics. In the second part we present the practical use of this concept in the research of the regional toponymy illustrated on the example of non-standardized (folk) toponymy of three villages in eastern Gemer – Vlachovo, Gočovo, and Nižná Slaná. Thanks to the analysis of the research material with emphasis on three concepts of memory (memory of landscape, language memory, and memory of memorials) and on the toponyms referring specifically to entities that no longer exist, we gain valuable information about the cultural and economic development of the region, as well as about regional peculiarities of the historical development of language. This information is also significant for the formation of the regional identity of the local society.
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