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Hochkirch
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English
Etymology
From en de Hochkirch.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhoʊk.kɪɹk/, anglicized also /hɔk.kɝk/
Proper noun
en municipality dist/Bautzen s/Saxony c/Germany.
Translations
municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
German: de Hochkirch n
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb Bukecy m
German
de:
Etymology
de hoch high Kirche church, referring to a church, which was built on the highest point of that place. First mentioned as Bukewiz (possibly derived from hsb buk beech) in a 1222 deed issued by Bishop Bruno II of Meißen; the present German name first appeared in 1671.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhoːxkɪʁç/
de Hoch kirch
de 1
Proper noun
toponym
de municipality dist/Bautzen s/Saxony c/Germany Hochkirch