Talk:Rostock

Poland

the Polish word for Rostock really doesn't need to appear on this page, since there is a Slavic origin, but not primarily a Polish one. Also, unlike Greifswald, for example, it was never part of the same duchy/state/country as Poland, but always separate and later part of the German state of Mecklenburg. User:Sky, 25 April 2004

It is ment to be `polabian´ not `polish´. Since this language is a construct from the early 18th century one should not give too much credit on this traditional explanation. Polabian means `po labe´ (on/at the river elbe) and serves as a construct for those undetermed medieval tribes, which historiography needed to explain the blank spots in its books. Since Otto the great made an expedition to the Recknitz-valley, on could assume that the danish laid their hands on that spot, were the warnow-river widened. In fact: one of the oldest non-latin versions of the cityname is the danish `rosdog´. Considering the well-wished monocausality in this field of comprehension one might choose what to believe...--78.54.39.185 (talk) 15:22, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Name

Their is no REAL explanation for rostock´s name! Some call it "rode stoc" (red stick, red column) after a mentioned prechristian cultplace, others prefer "ross dock" (horse´s dock) and since that "linguistic turn" in history, many insist in slavistic theory of that `polabian´ meaning "wide opening water, widening of the river". Polabian ("po labe" sounds czech to me and can be derived to middellowgerman "op albe" (on the river elbe)) sources do not exist for the middelage, what makes the sentence rubbish! Same goes for the founding of rostock by polabian tribes in the 12th century. Archologists trace "antique" walls and palisades back to the 5th century b.c.! (as for most of the settlements on baltic coasts)--139.30.24.107 (talk) 12:12, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Hanse Sail

I don't know how we should place this article into this one. :( --Chep87 15:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Warnemünde

It would maybe interesting to know, that Warnemünde-Beach is the largest(100m fine sand) in the whole baltic.--78.54.34.207 (talk) 10:32, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Issues in the Climate Section

I'm not quite sure what the real values are but I doubt that the record high temperature is 923 C in January or 5454545 C in February. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SparkishNaiad (talk • contribs) 19:53, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

I went back in the edit log and found where the temperature got changed and put back the original values. SparkishNaiad (talk) 00:27, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

University of Rostock template

How about creating a beautiful template for Rostock, similar to that of Greifswald? -- Horst-schlaemma (talk) 13:26, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Table in the '20th century' section of the article

What is the meaning of the table? It just hangs there without any explanation.— Ineuw talk 06:26, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I assume its immigration from other countries to Rostock. But it seems unreferenced. Should it be removed? Dimadick (talk) 06:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't think so, it just need to be clarified. Which reminds me that the info must be on the German Wiki. . . so it's either you or me, but I must sleep first.— Ineuw talk 10:22, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Navy Command of the Bundesmarine

Since 2012 Rostock is home of Germanies Navy Command, which is to be found in the Hansa-Viertel. I recommend to mention this small fact.--78.51.49.154 (talk) 22:52, 8 July 2015 (UTC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Command_%28Germany%29

No hesitations, include it! It's a wiki! :) -- Horst-schlaemma (talk) 05:53, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

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Lord Mayor?

The article repeatedly refers to Rostock's "lord mayor," even though the lord mayor article itself makes it clear that the title is used almost exclusively in the UK and the British Commonwealth, and that its use in a German context is anachronistic and inappropriate. Why not just use "Mayor" instead? After all, Germany is not a monarchy. --31.15.238.217 (talk) 23:24, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Nearly three years later and with no comments here, I just did as you suggested, and for the same reason, that "lord mayor" seems anachronistic and inappropriate. If Germans say "No, 'lord mayor' really is better for Rostock" (or for German mayors in general), then it's easy enough to put it back. TooManyFingers (talk) 15:18, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

(The original reason for 'lord mayor' in this article may be be as simple as where schools in Germany get their English textbooks. :) ) TooManyFingers (talk) 15:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Categories of notable people

The order of 'Notable people' was almost purely chronological (with subsections per century), followed by only one single category: 'Sports'. This seemed very odd, so I deleted that section and listed those people among the rest. MichielN (talk) 19:42, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Mayors in history

In the article it says:

"In the 19th century there were three mayors."

One mayor for (on average) every thirty-three years? Or three new mayors chosen after every election? TooManyFingers (talk) 14:32, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Polabian?

The Polabian name should be removed. Rostock is a German city and Polabian isn’t spoken there, or by anyone at all. Like with the removal of names Stettin, Breslau, Posen etc., “Roztoc” isn’t a name. 2A00:1598:27C4:A100:F853:CF40:65BF:3A76 (talk) 13:07, 4 October 2024 (UTC)