Subject: Re: Towns across borders<br/>
Date: Jun 21, 2002 @ 08:17<br/>
Author: ps1966nl (&quot;ps1966nl&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1181803029">Görlitz/Zgorzelec also has a Sorbian name: Zhorjelc.<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;anorak222&quot; &lt;wolfi.junkmail@s...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; Hi,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;djtilque&quot; &lt;dtilque@n...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; &gt; When a border splits a municipal area, the towns on either side <br/>
&gt; &gt; usually have different names. But sometimes they have the same <br/>
&gt; name. <br/>
&gt; &gt; As far as I can tell, this is purely a North American phenomenon, <br/>
&gt; but <br/>
&gt; &gt; if not, I&#39;m sure someone will tell me so.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; There are some examples on the German-Polish border. In some cities <br/>
&gt; the Polish name has been completely changed (Frankfurt/Slubice), <br/>
but <br/>
&gt; in some cases it&#39;s a recognizable transliteration. Examples <br/>
&gt; Görlitz/Zgorzelec, Küstrin/Kostrzyn, Guben/Gubin (Where &quot;Gubin&quot; is <br/>
&gt; also the name in Sorbian, a Slavic minority language native to the <br/>
&gt; neighbouring region of Germany. On the German side the name is <br/>
&gt; officially bilingual Sorb/Germ).<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Regards </span></blockquote></div>