GRGR(18): Notes on the first episode

Mark Wright AIA mwaia at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 21 10:26:40 CST 2000


Howdy

I like the "citadel of nuns" (perhaps atop a Cliff over the Heath).

How about "Alpdrucken"? I'm told by one of my more depressive (yet
cherished) co-workers that it translates roughly as "an oppression of
the soul."  Does that sound about right?

Mark

--- Lorentzen / Nicklaus <lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> (snip) burg means castle/citadel/stronghold. the lüne 
>  is a part of lüneburg (- a town in lower saxony with about 60 000
> people), 
>  which is characterized by a nunnery founded in 1172. so lüneburg
> means the  
>  stronghold around this nunnery, i guess
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