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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.
Windisch may refer to: Windisch (surname) (including a list of people with the name) Windisch, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Aargau;
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).
Vindonissa (from a Gaulish toponym in *windo-"white") was a Roman legion camp, vicus and later a bishop's seat at modern Windisch, Switzerland. The remains of the camp are listed as a heritage site of national significance. [1] The city of Brugg hosts a small Roman museum, displaying finds from the legion camp.
Ernst Wilhelm Oskar Windisch (4 September 1844, Dresden – 30 October 1918, Leipzig) was a German classical philologist and comparative linguist who specialised in Sanskrit, Celtic and Indo-European studies. In his student days at the University of Leipzig, he became friends with Friedrich Nietzsche. One of his teachers was Friedrich Wilhelm ...
Maximilian Hugo, Hereditary Prince of Windisch-Graetz (b. 1990) Prince Alexis Ferdinand (1991–2010) Larissa Maria Grazia Helen Leontina Maria Luisa (b. 1996) Prince Manfred (b. 1963) Prince Nicolò (b. 1997) Prince Brando (b. 2008) Prince Alfred Weriand (1890–1972), married Princess Marie Isabella zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Christiane Anna
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 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