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From: "Klaus Dieter Cook" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] German Place names
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:04:34 -0500
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That first sentence should read:
My database is about 90% German locations and TMG's entry format lends
itself
very well to the german places structure.
Klaus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Klaus Dieter Cook" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] German Place names
> My database is about 90 German locations and TMG's entry format lends
itself
> very well to the german places structure. There are equivalents to city,
> county, state and country. Using my last place of residency in Germany for
> an example:
>
> City: Augsburg
> County: Schwaben (I usually enter the "Regierungsbezirk" or "Landkreis"
> here)
> State: Bavaria (This would correspond to the actual German
state:
> Bayern, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, etc.)
> Country: Germany
>
> My convention for Frankfurt is to enter all information into the city
field.
> Perfectly acceptable variations to spelling it out are Frankfurt/Main or
> Frankfurt a. Main.
>
> Klaus Dieter Cook
> Houston, Texas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brogger" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:05 AM
> Subject: [TMG] German Place names
>
>
> > was: v4.0d - Sentence construction and quotes
> >
> > Astrid Kranzbuhler wrote:
> > >
> > > In Germany, places are often identified by adding regional names which
> > > should not be separated from the name of the city with a comma, e.g.
> > > "Frankfurt am Main" and "Frankfurt an der Oder" ('am Main' meaning on
> the
> > > river Main and 'an der Oder' meaning on the river Oder).
>
>
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