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The Germans in the south used the term Winde instead of Wende and applied it, just as the Germans in the north, to Slavs they had contact with; e.g., the Polabians from Bavaria Slavica or the Slovenes (the names Windic March, Windisch Feistritz, Windischgraz, or Windisch Bleiberg near Ferlach still bear testimony to this historical denomination).
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Windisch is situated at the site of the Roman legion camp Vindonissa. Originally a Celtic God, the name Vindos points to a widespread prehistorical cult of Vindos and the most likely origin of the Windisch place name. [3] In 1064 the current municipality was mentioned as Vinse, and in 1175 as Vindisse.
The name Windic is derived from Wends (German: Wenden), the name for Western Slavs settling in the Germania Slavica contact zone. The medieval German term Windisch referred to the Slovene language, but also to Slavic languages in general.
Windisch may refer to: Windisch (surname) (including a list of people with the name) Windisch, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Aargau; Windisch (ethnonym), German word Wends for Slavs; Windisch Kamnitz, German name of Srbská Kamenice, a village in the Czech Republic, Ústí nad Labem Region
Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (German: Mariano Hugo Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz, Italian: Principe Mariano Ugo di Windisch-Graetz; born 27 July 1955) is the current head of the Austrian [1] [2] House of Windisch-Graetz. He is currently a member of the Grand Magisterium of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Karl Gottlieb von Windisch. Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (Latin: Carolus Theophil Windisch, Hungarian: Windisch (Vindis) Károly, January 28, 1725, Pressburg – March 30, 1793, Pressburg) was a Hungarian German writer who produced a series of letters that were published as "Briefe über den Schachspieler von Kempelen nebst drey Kupferstichen die diese berühmte Maschine vorstellen", translated ...
Windisch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Windisch (1878–1967) German painter and typographer; Alois Windisch (1888–1958), Austrian military officer; Erich Windisch (1918–2007), German ski jumper; Ernst Windisch (1844–1918), German scholar, linguist and Celticist