Gellershagen
German edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1233 as Geltardeshagen, then 1325 as Ghelderdeshaghe and Heldereshage. A univerbation of the strongly inflected personal name Geltard and weakly inflected Hag (“fence, enclosure of bushes or walls”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gellershagen n (proper noun, genitive Gellershagens or (optionally with an article) Gellershagen)
- A neighbourhood and former municipality of Schildesche district, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References edit
- Meineke, Birgit (2013) Die Ortsnamen der Stadt Bielefeld (Westfälisches Ortsnamenbuch; 5)[1], Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, →ISBN, pages 101–102, 239–240