Pennsylvaanisch-Deitsche Blatznaame in Lengeschter Kaundi (Lancaster County, PA)

380px|rechts|miniatur|Katzebuckel Weeg in Lengeschter Kaundi (Pickter: Bob Bensing)

 PG Blatznaame Englischer Naame Aart Taunschip CommentsSchteebruch Weeg Stone Quarry RoadStreet NameWest EarlPennsylvania German Street Sign already existingDer Alt Philadelphia WegThe Old Philadadelphia PikeStreet NameEast Lampeter, Leacock, SalisburyAmwegs Karich Amwake's Church (Swamp UCC)Building Name West CocalicoBarigschtrooss?Street NameEphrataeen Meil ost vun Effridaa, bei die Bergstrasse Lutheran Church un die Bergstrasse Elementary SchoolBarigschtrooss SchulBergstrasse Elementary SchoolBuilding NameEphrataBergstrasse Elementary School neegscht zu Effridaa - according to Jenn Trout of the Center for PG Studies (Millersville), the building is there, but it is no longer an elementary school.BarigschtroosskarichBergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding NameEphrataneegscht zu EffridaaBaumannswillBowmansvilleSettlement NameBrecknockBeckweh Grick Pequea CreekCreek Name?BetzischtettelElizabethtownSettlement Name?Bisskatzeloch?Place Name?vale north of Schoeneck, N. Lanc.Bisskatzelochwattshaus?Building NameWest Cocalicoformer hotel located in the Bisskatzeloch, later the location of Saul PrinteryBitzersbarigBitzer's Hill Place Name?east of DenverBlohversammlinghaus?Building Name?Blue Meetinghouse near KleinfeltersvilleBohrmiehl?Building NameWest CocalicoThe Rifling Boring MillBrauneschteddelBrownstownSettlement NameEast Earl BucherdaalDenverSettlement Name?BudderschtroossButter RoadStreet NameWest Earllocated just north of Route 23; it connects the Farmersville Road on the west to North Groffdale Road on the eastBuxbarigLaurel HillPlace NameWest CocalicoBuxschtroossLaurel RoadStreet NameWest CocalicoDachfelseRoof RockPlace NameBrecknockrock formation near Bowmansville, 1/2 mile east of the residence of Phares S. Hurst)Dritschbarig?Place Name?origin uncertain; in Brunnerville-Lititz areaDruckneFivepointvilleSettlement NameBrecknockDruckne SchulhausFivepointville SchoolBuilding NameBrecknockDruckne WattshausFivepointville HotelBuilding NameBrecknockDurlach Weg Durlach RoadStreet NameClayEilebarigOwl HillPlace Name?east of Kissel Hill, one mile SW of RothsvilleFetter's SchulFetter's School Building NameWest Cocaliconamed for Louis Fetter, who was an elected school directer and one of the last Fraktur Schreiwer; Fetter died in the late 1920sFelsebarigRocky HillPlace NameNorth ElizabethFimf Weg"Five Points"Place NameWest Earlan intersection in Lancaster north of Rt. 23, where 5 roads come together. They are North Groffdale Road, Amishtown Road, Wissler Road, Fairmount Road, and Groffdale Church RoadFortsch BarigForge HillPlace NameNorth ElizabethWest of the "Schtickbarig" ist the Fortsch Barig, named for the three forges which the Hammer Creek, along its west end, operatedDie Gass?Street NameEast Cocalico part of the settlement between the two short bridgesGeierdaalVulture ValleyPlace Name?valley in the Furnace Hills of north Lancaster, so named by early settlers because of the turkey vultures in the regionGillerie HiwwelKilldeer HillPlace NameWest CocalicoA small rise along "Die Grie Lehn", midway between Ridge Road and Swamp Church. This was a barren spot where not even weeds would grow. The killdeers would nest here. It was also known as "der Hexering")GlappbordschtettelWood CornerSettlement NameClayGlappbordschteddlerwegWood Corner RoadStreet NameClayGraemers MiehlKraemer's Mill, Red RunBuilding NameBrecknockDer Gummere Hiwwel?Place NameWest Cocalicosmall knob at the east end of the ridge called "Leisey's Mountain"GwidderlehnStony LaneStreet NameClayHaahneschtettelHahnstownSettlement NameEphrataHaahneschtettler BarigHahnstown MountainPlace NameEphrataN and NE of Hahnstown, Ephrata Twp.Haasebarig"Rabbit Hill" = RothsvilleSettlement NameWarwickHammer GrickHammer Creek Creek NameElizabeththe name comes from three forge hammers, each weighing about 500 pounds, which its impounded waters operated Upper Hopewill, Lower Hopewell and Speedwell ForgeHansyaricks BaamgaardeHans Jacob's OrchardPlace Name?Place on Texter's Mountain, at whose peak Lancaster, Berks and Lebanon Counties meetHarnische MiehlHarnish's MillBuilding NameWest CocalicoOne of the oldest mills in the township. The original mill building is now a dwelling. It stands on the east side of the intersection of Texter Mountain Road and Peartown Road. It was named for the early settler who received a land grant from the Penn Family. It was build along the Harnish Run. Harnish was one of the original members of the Swamp German Reformed congregation who helped establish the Swamp Reformed ChurchHarrbarg?Place Name?a stopping off place in SchaefferstownHellschtroossHell StreetStreet NameEast Cocalico/Brecknockstreet near Reamstown, which ran by Faust's Hatchery (also: "die Hinkelschtrooss")Hesseschteddelnear BrickervillePlace NameElizabethat the headwaters of the Saegloch Creek; legend has it that Hessian soldiers had a settlement there, while they worked as prisoners of war at Elizabeth FurnaceHexeringThe Hex RingPlace NameWest Cocalicoa small rise along "die Grie Lehn", also known as "der Gillerie Hiwwel"; since no grass of any kind grew there it was known as "der Hexering". Here at a certain time in March, witches would meet at midnight and play "Ring" just as the children played it in schoolHiddedeich"Hut Hollow"Place Name (?)ClayWithin this ame hill (cf. Schatzeechli Barig) was the Hiddedeich named for the charcoal burners' hutsHinkelschteddelHinkletownSettlement NameEarlHinkelschtrooss(chicken street)?Street NameEast Cocalicoroad near Reamstown toward Red Run, which ran by Faust's Hatchery (= die Hellschtrooss)HirschdaalDeer ValleyPlace NameElizabethnorth Elizabeth Twp.HolzhackerschtadtWood Chopper TownSettlement NameEast EarlInsching GrickIndian RunCreek NameWest CocalicoIt lies on the edge of the limestone belt. Here Indian Run disappears through an underground fissure to appear again above ground about a mile south in Clay Twp.InschingschteddelIndiantownSettlement NameWest CocalicoAccording to local legend the last red men in the Twp. lived here unmolested after the Paxton Boys and carried out their infamous massacreKanneschtoogeConestogaSettlement Name?Kaneschtooge RewwerConestoga CreekCreek Name... flows through Lancaster CountyKascheleenCherry LaneStreet nameEast LampeterA road running from Rt. 30 through the village of Ronks, crossing Ronks Rd. and going a little bit beyond to a dead endKatzebuckel WegCat's Back RoadStreet NameEast Earlstreet which begins at the base of the "Katzebuckel", and runs north and south over the "Katzebuckel"KatzefischCatfish, Oregon ?Manheim?KatzebuckelCat's BackPlace NameEast Earlhill on which the Fairmount Nursing Home is presently locatedKatzeglaasloch?Place Name (?)West CocalicoThe mica mine - here mica was mined and used in the early wood stove doors. During WW II, mica was strip-mined hereKeschteschroossChestnut StreetStreet NameCity of LancasterKisselbarigKissel HillPlace NameLititz Boroughnow partially incorporated into the southern tip of Lititz BoroughKleinebarigKlein MountainPlace NameWest Cocalicoa ridge which runs SW from Blue Lake to the Cocalico Road. Here many herbs used in folk healing grew. Here too some spook and with stories have their origin.LattwarickschteddelMt. AirySettlement NameClayLattwarick is apple butter (characteristic Pa. Dutch food)LeiseysbarigLeisey's MountainPlace NameWest Cocalicoa ridge running east and west, once owned by the Leisey family. at the east end of the ridge is a small knob known as "Der Gummere Hiwwel"Lengeschder (Schtadt)LancasterSettlement NameLancasterLengeschder KaundiLancaster CountyCounty NameLuderloch"Carrion Hole"Place NameElizabethAlong the Hammer Creek, at the Speedwell Stock Farms, there is a Carrion Hole, where dead animals used to be thrown, unless they were taken away by the local "Schinnerhannes"LutzebrickLutz's BridgePlace NameWest CocalicoThis was a covered bridge spanning Swamp Creek. It was named for the land-owner Jessie Lutz and his hat factory on the east side of Swamp CreekMardies-EckMartin's CornerPlace Name (?)?near NapiervilleMannemManheimSettlement Name?named after the rhenish city of Mannheim, GermanyMeenzerschteddelMentzertownSettlement NameWest Cocalico... was a small group of houses where the Mentzer family resided. The land had been restricted by mutual agreement, so that no one outside of the Mentzer family could purchase land hereMelassichhiwwelMolasses HillPlace NameLeacockMiddelgrickMiddle CreekCreek NameClay / Ephrata / WarwickThe Middle Creek flows out of a lake in the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Clay Twp. in northern Lancaster County and southward by Hopeland, picks up the Saegloch Run at Clay and continues south into Ephrata Twp (by the Middle Creek Church of the Brethren) and flows into the Cocalico Creek at Millway in Warwick Twp.Miehlbacher BuschMillbach WoodsPlace NameN Lancaster and S Lebanon Counties (?)Millbach Woods located on the SE slope of Millbach Mountain; hiere in the 1890s camp meetings were held by the Evangelical Association. The Millbach Creek runs through the N part of these woods.MiehlgrickMill CreekCreek NameEast Earl / Leackock / Upper Leacock / East LampeterThe Mill Creek rises in East Earl Twp. It flows from the east into the New Holland Reservoir, leaves the New Holland Reservoir and flows westward into East Earl Twp past the Summit Valley Elementary School south of the Zeltenreich Reformed Church, forming the township line between Upper Leacock and Leacock townships by Historic Mascot Mill and flows into East Lampeter Twp. and finally flows into the Conestoga River 2,5 miles south of Penn Square in Lancaster.MillerschtadtMillersvilleSettlement NameManorModdi GrickMuddy CreekCreek NameBrecknockThe Muddy Creek rises in part in Berks County, just beyond the Lancaster County line and flows out of Brecknock Twp, Berks into Brecknock County, Lancaster, and continues to flow to the south by Bowmansville and south of Fivepointville westward past Red Run where it joins the Little Muddy Creek which rises east of Reamstown. The Little Muddy Creek also rises in Brecknock Twp, Berks and flows through Adamstown south under the turnpike. That is the branch that comes down from the north from Brecknock Twp, Berks and eventually joins the eastern branch of the Muddy Creek at Red Run from whence the main body of the Muddy Creek flows west and south into the Conestoga Creek at HinkletownModdi GrickMuddy Creek Folk RegionPlace NameEast CocalicoThe vicinity of the old Muddy Creek Church and schoolhouse, no longer standing.Moddi Grick???Place NameBrecknockarea from Terre Hill N to Berks County watershed of the Muddy CreekMolassichhiwwelMolasses HillPlace NameLeacockA hill on the Old Philadelphia Pike, 0,25 mile west of Weavertown, near Kauffman's Fruit Farm, which got its name when a teamster was hauling molasses on a Conestoga wagon. Suddenly the end gate opened and a barrel rolled down the hill and broke. The molasses ran down the hill. At that time the hill was short and steep. The hill, today is reduced to an include due to the construction of Rt. 340.Nei EffredaaLincolnSettlement NameEphrata now incorporated into EphrataNei Holland (formerly: Seischwamm)New HollandSettlementEarlin the 18th century, the settlement was called "Seischwamm"PaschingwegPeach RoadStreet NameWest EarlPedersheim HiwwelPetersheim HillPlace NameEphrata1 mile NE of AkronPederswegPeter's RoadStreet NameEarl (?)a colonial road which runs between Route 23 and Route 340, the Old Philadelphia Pike - leading from the Conestoga to PequeaPeikRoute 23Street Name?PetzdeichPinch ValleyPlace NameWest CocalicoIt is located at the north end of Peartown Road where it runs along the valley floor. Very steep hills on either side look as if someone had pinched two huge masses of mountain together. William Hershey, Sr. named this place when he was milling at Harnish Mill. This name was given in the early 1870s.Raddeschteddel"Rat Town"Settlement NameWest Cocalico / East CocalicoA section of Stevens, where at one time many poor structures and trailers were located. It was claimed to be infested with rats due to poor sanitation and rubbish.Reinholds SteeschenReinholds StationSettlement NameWest CocalicoReinholds became a small village when the Reading and Columbia Railroad was completed in 1863.RescheschtroossResh RoadStreet NameWest CocalicoNamed for Uriah and Leah Resh, brother and sister. Uriah was a Civil War veteran.RiemeschteddelReamstownSettlement NameEast CocalicoRotkuh"Red Cow"Settlement NameBrecknockan old breed of cow; Birthplace of Prof. C. Richard Beam, director of the center for Pennsylvania German StudiesSaegloch (1)Saegloch RunCreek NameElizabeth / ClayThe Seglock Run, which runs from north to south and forms the border between Elizabeth and Clay Twps. - it flows into the Furnace Run. The ravine immediately east of the "Schtickbarig" was called the Saegloch named for the sawmill which was there at one time.Saegloch (2)Saegloch CreekCreek NameClayflows through "Yammerdaal" in northern Lancaster CountySandhiwwelSand HillPlace NameWest Cocalicoa hill NW of Schoeneck. It was named for the red fertile sandy soil. It was known as the best soil in the township to raise watermelons.SaudersbarigSoudersburgSettlement Name?a small village on Rt. 30Scharicke GreizwegShirk's CrossroadsPlace NameWest CocalicoBecause the Shirk family owned the land on the four corners of this crossroads, it became known as Shirk's CrossroadsSchenke MiehlShenk's MillBuilding NameWest CocalicoThe mill is no longer standing. It was a flour mill and served most of the upper Cocalico Valley. The large mill dam was fed by the sources of the Cocalico Creek. A beautiful two-story sandstone dwelling was built by Hans Bricker, brother of Peter Bricker, who founded Brickerville. Here stood a rare tile-roofed backoven built over a spring. The property came into the Shenk family after the death of Hans Bricker. Elias Shenk owned and operated the mill around 1900. This mill and house stand on the east edge of the PA Game Commission lands originally known as Project 70, a recreational and water fowl propagating area.Schlangebuckel"Snake Hill"Place NameUpper Leacocka hill located along Snake Hill road, north of Route 23SchleifmiehlhiwwelGrinding Mill HillPlace NameWest CocalicoOn top of the hill to the right of Mill Road across the former Reading Railroad tracks heading north from Ridge Road in West Cocalico Twp. Here stood an early 18th century gun mill. Folk tales tell of a series of three gun mills along the Swamp Creek, now known as the Little Cocalico Creek. This was the east most mill. Here the iron stock used in making the gun barrels was ground smooth on the outside. A water impounding dam furnished energy for this mill. the rifles were used for the Continental Army. Later this mill was used by Benias Brendel, the grandfather of John Brendel, as a cooper's shop. coopering was done here from 1880-1890. Benias used the water power to run his stave saw and other power tools. In a few hours the water power was used up. During heavy rains it could be used longer. SO this mill was known as "Die Gwidder Miehl", the "Thunderstorm Mill".Schleifschteeloch"Grindstone Hole"Place Name?a hollow near Mt. AirySchneppegrick(Snipper Creek?)Settlement Name / Street Name?1) small town near Groffdale; 2) Snipper RoadSchnokeschteddel"Gnat City"Street NameWest Cocalicoa short stretch of Peartown Road, south of Rt. 897 before it passes Blue Lake; on summer evenings just at sunset there were many swarms of gnats dancing above the swamp; named by Wm. Hershey, Sr.)SchoeneckSchoeneckSettlement NameWest CocalicoLocal legend has it that the Shirk family began this community with a store and a hotel. One day an old German beggar caome into the community. He sat at the corner of the crossroads and remarked, "Das is ein schönes Eck!". And from then on it was called "Es schön Eck", later shortened to "Schoeneck". Another version reports that back in Germany the Shirk family came from a village by the name of Schöneck in a similar setting.SchpringwillSpringvilleSettlement Name1) Ephrata Twp; 2) Salisbury Twp(two different settlements)Schteemetze Miedin un BegraebnisSteinmetz Meetinghouse and CemeteryBuilding Name / Place NameWest CocalicoThis was originally a Church of the Brethren meetinghouse and had been built on land donated by the Steinmetz familySchteebarigStone HillPlace NameBrecknockwhere Rt. 897 crosses the PA TurnpikeSchtickbarigCannon HillPlace Name?N or Brickerville, named for the salute gun which Baron Stiegel laced on a tower on its top to welcome him as he approached his nearby mansion in coach and four with outridersSchtraasebarig/SchtrassbarigStrasburgSettlement NameStrasburg TwpSchuleweegSchool RoadStreet NameWest EarlSchuppe MiehlShupp's MillBuilding NameBrecknockShupp's Mill, Muddy CreekSchwammSwampPlace NameClayno further information givenSchwammer KarichSwamp Church U.C.C.Building NameWest CocalicoBlainsportSchwatzeechli BarigBlack Oak RidgePlace NameClayThe long hill est of the Saegloch was called the "Schwatzeechli Barig", named for the dominance of black oak.SchwatzwillSwartzvilleSettlement NameEast CocalicoNE Lancaster County, S of AdamstownSchweizSwitzerlandPlace Name (?)Brecknock5 miles north of BowmansvilleSchwoweschteddel"Suabian Town"Settlement Nameeast end of HinkletownSo called because of preponderance of Suabians at one time.Sei Barig"Hog Mountain"Place NameWest CocalicoLocated on the outskirts of Schoeneck along Cocalico Road this hill had many oak trees. Residents of this area permitted their hogs to run free to feed on the acorns. When the first snow fell, there was a mass roundup of the hogs, which usually ended up with a hoe-down danke at one of the farms.Seischwamm"Hog Swamp"1) Settlement Name / 2) Place Name?1) early name for New Holland; 2) former swampy area north of New HollandSilwerbarigSilver HillPlace NameBrecknockSunnebarigSun HillSettlement Name (?)Pennlocated several miles SE of Mannheim, consisted of a store and a few dwellingsTexderbarigTexter's MountainPlace NameWest CocalicoTraempe-Bischli"The tramps' grove"Place NameWest CocalicoIt was a small stand of trees at the N end of the Jessie Lutz farm along the Reading Railroad. Here the railroad tramps erected shelters and camped between trains.Walniss SchtroossWalnut StreetStreet NameLancaster CityWassergass"Water Street"??section of the highway in Vera Crus, LancasterWasserschtroossWaterstreetStreet Name?BowmansvilleWeewerschteddelWeavertownSettlement Name?a small hamlet in Lancaster CountyWeidmannswillWeidmansvilleSettlement Name?Weisseechli BarigWhite Oak HillPlace NameElizabethWest of the "Forge Barig" is the "Weisseechli Barig", a long hill with a dominance of white oaksWeiss GaulWhite Horse?SalisburyWelshbarigWelsh MountainsPlace Names?WelschhinkeldeichTurkey RavinePlace NameElizabethnamed for the wild turkeyWewerdaalWeaverlandSettlement Name (?)?WewerschteddelWeavertownSettlement NameLeacockLocation of Weavertown Amish-Mennonite meetinghouseWissedaalMeadow ValleyPlace NameEphrata (?)by EphrataWittweiwerschteddel"Widow Town"Place Name?The upper end of west High Street in Manheim. The area was called so in 1887, when Mrs. Kready came to live in Manheim. So called because it was occupied primarily by widows and spinsters. The name lasted until ca. 1925, when the open area between Manheim and Wittweiwerschteddel had been built up.Wollepe HiwwelWollups HillPlace NameWest CocalicoThe hill was named for George Wollup, who owned the hill land.Yammerdaal"Vale of Tears or Weeping"Place NameClaynorthern Lancaster CountyGroofedaalGroffdaleSettlement NameWest Earlearly Mennonite settlement south of the Katzebuckel; Groofedaal was named after Hans Groff. In Groofedaal are located two Mennonite meetinghouses, on the Lancaster Mennonite Conference, and the OOM meetinghouse in which the Groffdale Conference and the Weaverland Conference congregations meet on alternate Sundays. The OOM meetinghouse lies 1 km to the west of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference meetinghouse.Aadlerkopp"Eagle Head"Place NameNorth ElizabethOn the "Fortsch Barig" is the "Aadlerkopp", a rock promontory named, probably erroneously, for the bald eagle.AddemschteddelAdamstownSettlement Name?Der alt WegThe Old Philadelphia PikeStreet Name?beginning in Lancaster County, and extending to PhiladelhiaAmschderdammAmsterdamSettlement Name?near New HollandSchwamm   Swamp U.C.C.Building NameWest Cocalicoin Blainsport

370px|rechts|miniatur|Schteebruch Weg in Lengeschter Kaundi (Pickter: Michael Werner)
320px|links|miniatur|Jennifer Trout vum "Center for Pennsylvania German Studies" in Millersville mit deel pennsylvaanisch-deitsche Blatznaame Schilder fer Lengeschter Kaundi (Pickter: C. Richard Beam)
370px|rechts|miniatur|Pasching Weeg (Pickter: Jenn Trout)
370px|links|miniatur|Schul Weg

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