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Etymology's an endlessly fascinating thing: names & words origin that tells us so much more about places. Like Müggelsee = Fog Lake and Schlachtensee = Golden Lake (one theory). But what about ? This name has Old-Slavic roots, too: wan = natter. Wannsee = Natter Lake.

Etymology's an endlessly fascinating thing: names & words origin that tells us so much more about places. Like Müggelsee = Fog Lake and Schlachtensee = Golden Lake (one theory). But what about #Wannsee? This name has Old-Slavic roots, too: wan = natter. Wannsee = Natter Lake.
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