Riegsee is a municipality in the district of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. The town lies on Riegsee Lake, of the same name.
Names
The name Riegsee derives from the personal name ''Ruodgis'' and the
Old High German
Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050.
There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...
word for "lake", ''sê(o)''.
Attested historical forms of the name include ''Ruodgise'' (1050–c. 1065), ''Rvodgisisse'' (1052–55), ''Roueggese'' (c. 1065–75), ''Ruodkisesse/Rotkisesse'' (1152–53), ''Ruetgisse'' (1193–95), ''Ruggessê'' (1193–95), Roͮikisse (12th century), ''Rovchse'' (c. 1200), ''Rügsee'' (14th century), ''Rugksee'' (1403), ''Ruexsee'' (1431), ''Rügksee'' (1501), ''Riechsee'' (c. 1583), and ''Riegsee'' (1629).
References
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)
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