Hi,
I have been browsing through the list of makers and was wondering about what “a.d.N.” and “a.N.” stands for? Especially the Gablonz makers have this after their location name.
Thanks
/Jonas
Hi,
I have been browsing through the list of makers and was wondering about what “a.d.N.” and “a.N.” stands for? Especially the Gablonz makers have this after their location name.
Thanks
/Jonas
a.d.N means an der Neisse, so will be a.N.
Neisse is a river. These days it is known as Jablonec nad Nisou ;
Jablonec means appeltree as far as I know!
a.d.N also can mean an der Nahe, but that is elsewhere in Germany:
Rheinland Pfalz
If several German towns/cities with the same name exist, their name is often used in conjuction with an additional geographical reference, often to a river. A well-known example is Frankfurt am Main vs. Frankfurt an der Oder. (In other cases, it's simply part of a town's/city's name.) Such suffixes are often abbreviated.
As Wim Saris said, "Gablonz a.d.N." stands for "Gablonz an der Neisse".
As for "a.N."; depending on context, this can also mean "am Neckar"; the Neckar being another river. Example: "Esslingen a.N." = "Esslingen am Neckar".
In order to tell which is the correct interpretation of such an abbreviation, it its necessary to provide the name of the respective city/town preceding it, as they can sometimes have different meanings.
Last edited by HPL2008; 06-18-2013 at 04:30 PM.
A good question and as always good answers!
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
Great, thanks for the info.
/Jonas
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