[Cz-L] Fw: Ringplatz

      Ringplatz ,our central square.

 Platz is square in German . But not only.
  It is also a" place ". Also a market.
   If you went to the" Platz " in Czernowitz you meant the market.
   http://pics.livejournal.com/whasup/pic/0091h1w7

  Ring is the same as in English .
  So Ringplatz woud mean "Circular or Ring market or square".
    But the Ringplatz isn't circular ,it is square or rather rectangular.
   Strictly speaking it is a trapezoid as the 2 streets forming it are not
     parallel.
   The south latera ,near the Rathaus is wider than the north one.
     So what is the Ring meaning then ?
  http://pics.livejournal.com/edward_tur/pic/0023hwhf

     Rynok in the local Ukrainean lingo means market or square .
  http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9760/178774245kv0.jpg

      The Ringplatz started as marketplace for peasants of the surrounding
      villages.
       They called it the Rynok.
      Then came the Austrians and the Ukrainean name for the central square
     was unacceptable.
        So they compromised : Rynokplatz. Rynok for the locals - Platz for
 the authorities.
        Rynokplatz , Rynokplatz, Ringplatz.Ringplatz.
         Ringplatz.

   ( All the above is based on my speculation, it may be so , it may not ).
          Hardy
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