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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