Von: Thomas.Scharnowski@t-online.de (Thomas Scharnowski)
  Datum: 11.02.97, 22:15:21
Betreff: Wuerttemberg, REMS-MURR, nicknames for villages and their inhabitants

Hello to all,
if your ancestors are coming from the area REMS-MURR in
Wuerttemberg, you might be interested in some information
about nicknames that are used between the different
villages here. These nicknames are normally some centuries
old and still valid when people want to make fun of
themselves. I copied this nickname information from a small
book onto my homepage, it is in German language
with some swabian merged in. To make you curious for more,
I will try to translate one nickname story:

The people from Endersbach are called ERBSAKLEMMER (pea-sticker) for
the following reason:

  There was once a wine-farmer in Endersbach, who
  lost again and again the poles in his wine garden
  by thiefs. As he could not catch them, he made
  following trick: he stuck a small green pea into
  the bottom end of all his poles. Next spring he
  just checked out all other wine gardens, where the
  peas were growing. So he found out who stole his
  poles...

These locations appear in the nickname list:
  "Odernhardt, "Oschelbronn, Alfdorf, Allmersbach,
  Weinberg, Auenwald, B"urg, Baach, Backnang, Beinstein,
  Berglen, Beutelsbach, Birkmannsweiler, Bittenfeld, ,
  Breitenf"urst, Bretzenacker, Breuningsweiler,
  Buhlbronn, Buoch, Burgstetten, Cottenweiler,
  Ellenweiler, Endersbach, Erbstetten, Fellbach,
  Fornsbach, Geradstetten, Grosserlach, Grossheppach,
  Grunbach, H"ofen, H"osslinswart, Hanweiler, ,
  Haubersbronn, Hebsack, Hegnach, Hertmannsweiler,
  Hohenacker, Jux, Kaisersbach, Kernen, Kirchberg,
  Kirchenkirnberg, Kleinheppach, Korb, Leutenbach,
  Liemersbach, Miedelsbach, Murrhardt, Nassach,
  Nellmersbach, Neustadt, Oberurbach, Oeffingen,
  Oppelsbohm, Oppenweiler, Pfahlbronn, Pl"uderhausen,
  Reichenbach, Reichenberg, Remshalden, Rettersburg,
  Rohrbronn, Rommelshausen, Rudersberg, Schlechtbach,
  Schlichten, Schmiden, Schnait, Schornbach, Schorndorf
  Schwaikheim, Spiegelberg, Steinach, Steinbruck,
  Steinenberg, Steinreinach, Stetten, Str"umpfelbach-
  bei-Backnang, Str"umpfelbach-bei-Weinstadt,
  Unterurbach, Urbach, Vorderweissbuch, Waiblingen,
  Waldrems, Walkersbach, Weiler, zum, Stein, Weinstadt,
  Weissach, im, Tal, Welzheim, Winnenden, Winterbach

Have fun with it. If you are really interested in parts of the
stories, I will help to translate it for you.

greetings from Stuttgart,
Thoms Scharnowski
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