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From: Jim Eggert <>
Subject: Re: Wintraufhaser, Hersfeld, Hessen?
Date: 06 Sep 1997 02:27:56 GMT


In article <01bcb798$2641f4e0$> "Johannes Sempert" <> writes:
> I don't know what Wintraufhaser means. In Bad Hersfeld doesn't exist
> such a surname and it's no part, street or suburb of this town. Are you
> sure about the right spelling?

Bad Hersfeld is in an area that is knee-deep in town names ending in
-hausen. My guess is that Wintraufhaser is probably a mangled version
of one of these town names, but which one I can't figure out.
--
=Jim Eggert

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