[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] SCHWOCHOW

[Marlo50]

Gunther,  Thank you for the explanation.  I have seen the village of 
Schwochow but never thought of the connection.  Thank you.  Another
place to climb over this brick wall.
Thank you.   Margaret
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Günther Böhm" <GHBoehm at ish.de>
To: "S G G E E" <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] SCHWOCHOW


> Marlo50 schrieb:
>
>>Otto, now you bought up a thought.  My family history has a name Schwochow
>>and I don't know where they came from except Pommern.  You say the Germans
>>added an "ow"
>>to sound more Prussian.  Can there be a name Schwoch and would it be 
>>German?
>>And do you know when this was done?  I have an Andreas Michael Schwochow 
>>who
>>was born in 1813 perhaps in Kreis Rummelsburg.
>>Any help?      Margaret
>>
> Margaret,
> no, since Schwochow [Swochowo] was a village in the Pyritz district of
> Pomerania (12 km northwest of Pyritz) and you can be sure that your
> SCHWOCHOW ancestors came from there. It was founded before 1300. I don't
> think that its name was originally German since the first nobilized
> owners of Schwochow called themselves "von SCHWOCHOW". Later owners were
> v.BORCK, v.der SCHULENBURG, v.PODEWILS, v.PUTTKAMER, Freiherren v.der
> GOLTZ and v.KUNOW.
>
> The apparently original Pomeranian / Polish root 'swoch' derives
> (genitive plural) from 'swoj' = 'his' and means 'of his' [land, 
> properties].
>
> The only similarly sounding German word 'schwach' = 'weak' can hardly be
> the name origin of Schwochow.
>
> Guenther
>
>
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