Dear Hardy,
a poetical, not etymological interpretation ;)
Best, b
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> Am 16.03.2016 um 20:37 schrieb Hardy Breier <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net>:
>
> Gasse comes from Gosse that is sewer used to carry sewer poured out from
> windows.
> Before pipes were laid.
> Strasse refers to straight main street.
> In Berlin there are no Gassen , all are Strassen.
> In Czernowitz there were 4 Strassen the rest all Gassen.
> Today all are Vulitze, in Rumanian Ulitza is a little street.
> If you went mornings on a Gasse - you took care of open windows ,
>
> Hardy
>
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> From: bounce-120276975-3499476_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-120276975-3499476_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Benjamin
> Grilj
> Sent: 16 March 2016 18:44
> To: Stahl, Sheryl
> Cc: Czernowitz Genealogy and History
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Strasse vs Gasse?
>
> Dear Sheryl,
> First and foremost it is the size. But it is as well a question of prestige
> - the more important the street is, the more often it is called Strasse.
> Best, b
>
> send by my iPhone
>
>> Am 16.03.2016 um 16:51 schrieb Stahl, Sheryl <sstahl_at_huc.edu>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been looking at some maps of Czernowitz from 1888 and 1910 and
> noticed that many of the streets are called 'gasse.' I've seen that
> translated as "alley" but since there seem to be more "Gasse"s than
> "Strasse"s I was wondering what the difference was.
>>
>> Sheryl
>>
>>
>> Sheryl Stahl
>>
>> Suwalki (RAKOVSKI, OKRAGLINSKI) Kalvarja (FRIEDMAN, SUWALSKI) Odessa
>> (STESSEL) Pervomaysk (STESSEL) Grzymalow (LANDAU) Kolomyya (STAHL,
>> SCHMERTZLER) Wizajni (RAKOVSKI) Chernivtsi (STAHL)
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