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Ross420
Aug 25 2003, 09:10 PM
Anyone know where the name kaiserslautern comes from or what it translates into English?
hamsandwizh
Aug 25 2003, 10:37 PM
Great Question...I have no idea since i don't know German but I would also like to know what it means in english...
orswich
Aug 25 2003, 11:29 PM
well i know "kaiser" is emperor or ruler

slautern.. dunno i'll see if i can find out... but i do know that it is a city in germany
mejulian
Aug 26 2003, 12:18 AM
This is what I found on britannica. com.

city, Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies between the Haardt Mountains (Pfälzer Wald) and the Saar-Nahe-Bergland (Nordpfälzer Bergland) and is surrounded by the Pfälzer Wald nature preserve. A royal residence existed there in the Carolingian period (after 751). The place-name is derived from Lauter (a local stream) and from the emperor (kaiser) Frederick…

The rest of the info is for subscribers, sorry. :crying
Ross420
Aug 26 2003, 09:39 AM
Originally posted by mejulian@Aug 25 2003, 11:18 PM
This is what I found on britannica. com.

city, Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies between the Haardt Mountains (Pfälzer Wald) and the Saar-Nahe-Bergland (Nordpfälzer Bergland) and is surrounded by the Pfälzer Wald nature preserve. A royal residence existed there in the Carolingian period (after 751). The place-name is derived from Lauter (a local stream) and from the emperor (kaiser) Frederick…

The rest of the info is for subscribers, sorry. :crying
Good work :clap