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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; Windisch (ethnonym), German word Wends for Slavs; Windisch Kamnitz, German name of Srbská Kamenice, a village in the Czech Republic, Ústí nad Labem Region
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.
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.
"The Terms Wende-Winde, Wendisch-Windisch in the Historiographic Tradition of the Slovene Lands". Slovene Studies. 12 (1): 93– 97. doi: 10.7152/ssj.v12i1.3797. Knox, Ellis Lee (1980). The Destruction and Conversion of the Wends: A History of Northeast Germany in the Central Middle Ages. Department of History (Master's thesis). University of Utah.
The town was established in the 13th century on the trade road between Maribor and Celje, and was granted market rights in 1313. It was originally called just "Bistrica", a common toponym for rapid-flowing streams and rivers in South Slavic languages; the present name of Slovenska Bistrica (German: Windisch-Feistritz) first appears in records dating from 1565.
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
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 ...