Feb 15, 2006 22:11
18 yrs ago
Deutsch term

die Wachau

Non-PRO Deutsch > Englisch Kunst/Literatur Geschichte
Name of an area of western North Carolina colonized by Moravian Church members from Germany
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Feb 15, 2006 23:26: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Der Wachau" to "die Wachau"

Proposed translations

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Deutsch term (edited): Der Wachau
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Die Wachau - meadow land along the river Wach

"Bishop Spangenberg chose to name the tract of land "Wachau," after the Zinzendorf family's estate in Austria. The word means "meadow along the Wach," a stream flowing through the Wachau valley in Austria. One of the branches of the Muddy Creek was ultimately called "Wach" by the Moravians, and the name of the entire tract became known as "Wachovia."
http://www.oldsalem.org/about/carolina.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Friderike Butler : Great reference. I know "die Wachau" only as a wine region along the Danube.
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me too... I've particular fond memories of the Grüner Veltliner ;))
agree swisstell : and I remember that song "drunt' in der Wachau"...
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agree Stefanie Sendelbach
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