2010/6/14 Bob W <[email protected]>: > >> Silly old me had always thought that the Neandertal, which >> is (quite appropriately) located near Dusseldorf, had its name from the >> river Neander flowing through it. > > The Neander meanders through it... Neumann must have given his name to the > river, then.
The river was called the Düssel before both valley and river were neanderized... having lived in Cologne for a long time myself I can of course see how Ralf would go into denial about something being called "Düssel" ]=) Kölle alaaf Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
