Author Archive: Marta Szczepańska

T. 68.4, s. 161–169

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Wawerskie góry i górski Wawer, czyli o tym, co kryją w sobie mniej oficjalne nazwy miejscowe

Wawer mountains and mountainous Wawer, or what the less official local names conceal

Karolina CZERKAS
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Polonistyki
e-mail: k.czerkas@uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0009-0006-8163-0080

Abstract: The article aims at analysing the Wawer microtoponyms that identify hills (e.g., Piaskowa Góra, Góra Lotników, Góry Macierowskie) and those that refer to traditional Polish oronymy (e.g., Giewont, Czarny Staw, Morskie Oko). In the text, I divide the studied names into categories and present their probable etymologies. The article also indicates with which cultural elements, persons and places the described microtoponyms are associated. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the discussed places and the stories associated with them have had a significant impact on the formation of local identity.

Key words: Wawer, microtoponyms, oronyms, folk etymology

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Czerkas K., 2023, Wawerskie góry i górski Wawer, czyli o tym, co kryją w sobie mniej oficjalne nazwy miejscowe, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 161–169, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-11

Wpłynęło: 14.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 4.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 149–159

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Ulica Ślimaka i ulica Przyleśna – rozważania o nazwach ulic w Radości

Ślimaka Street and Przyleśna Street – a deliberation on street names in the Radość neighborhood of the Wawer district of Warsaw

Klaudia ABUCEWICZ
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Polonistyki
e-mail: k.abucewicz2@uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-7612-2985
Alicja DZIĘCIOŁ
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Polonistyki
e-mail: ab.dzieciol@uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-6798-0408

Abstract: This article focuses on the street naming in the Radość neighbourhood in the Wawer district of Warsaw. It draws attention to a very specific timing of naming streets in this part of the capital. The names result from the changes introduced as late as the second half of the 20th century. 82 contemporary names, some of them changed, are semantically analysed.

Key words: urbanonyms, street names, Warsaw, Wawer, Radość

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Abucewicz K., Dzięcioł A., 2023, Ulica Ślimaka i ulica Przyleśna – rozważania o nazwach ulic w Radości, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 149–159, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-10

Wpłynęło: 14.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 4.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 133–147

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Między Aleją Świerczewskiego a Mostem Grota. Druga wojna światowa w polityce pamięci historycznej PRL na przykładzie warszawskiego nazewnictwa miejskiego

Between Świerczewskiego Avenue and Grota Bridge. World War II in the politics of memory of the People’s Republic of Poland on the example of the urban naming in Warsaw

Tomasz LESZKOWICZ
Wojskowe Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej
e-mail: tleszkowicz@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0001-8327-3810

Abstract: City names are one of the most important tools of politics of memory – the politically conditioned shaping of public perceptions of the past. In Warsaw after 1945, the ruling communists pursued a naming programme in which they referred to figures, events and symbols associated with World War II. As a result, a canon of city names was created, which included both references to the ‘official’, communist vision of history and ‘alternative’ themes of an independence-oriented nature.

Key words: toponymy, People’s Republic of Poland, politics of memory, Warsaw, World War II

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Leszkowicz T., 2023, Między Aleją Świerczewskiego a Mostem Grota. Druga wojna światowa w polityce pamięci historycznej PRL na przykładzie warszawskiego nazewnictwa miejskiego, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 133–147, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-09

Wpłynęło: 14.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 5.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 123–131

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„Własne nazwy” getta warszawskiego jako językowa reakcja na okupacyjną rzeczywistość

“Own names” of the Warsaw Ghetto as a linguistic reaction to the reality under the German occupation

Agnieszka WITKOWSKA-KRYCH
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Polonistyki
Instytut Kultury Polskiej
e-mail: a.witkowska-krych@uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-8510-9475

Abstract: The information about the creation of the ghetto in Warsaw was announced on 12 October 1940, and the final closure took place just over a month later. Ultimately, more than 400,000 people were imprisoned within the ghetto walls. The need to organise life in a reality that was completely different from that of the pre-war time led many Warsaw Jews to reflect on the essence of the ghetto and try to compare this phenomenon to other, often better, though usually only theoretically familiar places and spaces. Hence the large number of synonymous, entirely unofficial terms for the ghetto, referring to its various features. The most common terms include: labyrinth, trap, closed city, prison or camp, although apart from the most popular ones, both period sources and postwar memoirs contain many unobvious metaphors for the Warsaw Ghetto, its peculiar new “own names”, created from scratch, whether as a result of a deeper reflection or simply stemming from the need of the moment, as a reaction to what was happening around. A handful of the most interesting, least known and at the same time very telling names will be presented, together with the context of their creation.

Key words: Warsaw Ghetto, naming, describing, toponymy, synonyms, metaphors

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Witkowska-Krych A., 2023, „Własne nazwy” getta warszawskiego jako językowa reakcja na okupacyjną rzeczywistość, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 123–131, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-08

Wpłynęło: 8.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 8.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 111–121

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Współczesne tendencje urbanonimiczne w Szczecinie na przykładzie nazw restauracji

Contemporary urban trends in Szczecin on the example of restaurant names

Beata AFELTOWICZ
Uniwersytet Szczeciński
Instytut Językoznawstwa
e-mail: beata.afeltowicz@usz.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-4487-9411

Abstract: The research task was to trace the names of Szczecin restaurants existing in 2020–2022. The aim of the study was to show which naming tendencies exist in the contemporary urban names of Szczecin. The gathered onymic collection was subjected to semantic and formal analysis. On the basis of the study of the names of selected restaurants in Szczecin, it can be concluded that two opposing linguistic tendencies clash in the contemporary urban naming of Szczecin: 1. striving to revert to native names and 2. adopting foreign names. The onyms created in this way create a semantically and structurally heterogeneous collection of urbanonyms.

Key words: linguistics, onomastics, urbanonymy, restaurant names, Szczecin

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Afeltowicz B., 2023, Współczesne tendencje urbanonimiczne w Szczecinie na przykładzie nazw restauracji, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 111–121, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-07

Wpłynęło: 15.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 4.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 103–110

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Nazwy stacji rowerów miejskich i systemów wypożyczania rowerów w Polsce

Names of urban bike stations and bicycle-sharing systems in Poland

Henryk DUSZYŃSKI-KARABASZ
Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego
Wydział Językoznawstwa
e-mail: henryk duszynski@interia.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5633-1675

Abstract: The article is devoted to the names of urban bike stations and bicycle-sharing systems in Poland. The main naming types of urban bike stations are discussed using selected examples from across the country. The aim of the analysis was an attempt to show the similarities and differences in relation to other urban names, namely to the names of public transport stops). It was concluded that the same naming models were used in both types of onyms. The onomastic analysis of the names of bicycle-sharing systems aimed to indicate the main functions of these onyms. It has been shown that individual elements of the names of bicycle-sharing systems have a persuasive and identifying function, and language games were used to create the names.

Key words: onomastics, chrematonymy, toponymy, urban bike, urban bike station, bicycle-sharing system

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Duszyński-Karabasz H., 2023, Nazwy stacji rowerów miejskich i systemów wypożyczania rowerów w Polsce, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 103–110, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-06

Wpłynęło: 16.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 6.12.2023

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T. 68.4, s. 85–101

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Niemieckie inskrypcje w przestrzeni miejskiej Torunia i Wrocławia – aktywizm, postulowane rozwiązania i odbiór społeczny

German inscriptions in the urban space of Toruń and Wrocław – activism, proposed solutions, and public perception

Aleksandra SEŃ
Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Instytut Kulturoznawstwa
e-mail: aleksandra.sen98@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0003-0612-5552

Abstract: German signs in the urban space of Wrocław and Toruń have become an object of interest for local activists. The research problem addressed in the article is the demands of the people involved in this issue, their experiences, the motivations behind their activities, the demands for the preservation of this form of cultural heritage, and the public perception of the activities according to the activists themselves. Representatives of analogous initiatives were interviewed: Spod tynku patrzy Breslau [Breslau looks on from underneath the plaster] (Wrocław) and Literołap [Letter-catcher] (Toruń). The interviews were then subjected to theoretical reflection from the perspective of memory studies. It emerged from both that activism centred around inscriptions within urban space stems from one’s own interests and meets with a positive response from the local community, while the reach is limited to history and heritage enthusiasts, resulting in being stuck in an information bubble.

Key words: post-German cultural heritage, signboard, palimpsest, Recovered Territories

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Seń A., 2023, Niemieckie inskrypcje w przestrzeni miejskiej Torunia i Wrocławia – aktywizm, postulowane rozwiązania i odbiór społeczny, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 85–101, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-05

Wpłynęło: 13.06.2023
Zaakceptowano: 4.12.2023

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T. 68.4, ss. 59–84

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Asymilacja nazewnicza i oswajanie przestrzeni tzw. Ziem Odzyskanych w realiach powojennych na przykładzie rynków staromiejskich

Naming assimilation and domestication of urban space of the so-called Recovered Territories in the postwar realities on the example of old town market squares

Marta SZCZEPAŃSKA
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych
e-mail: mw.szczepanska@uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-5769-407X

Abstract: This article concerns postwar changes of hodonyms and agoronyms in the area of old town markets of selected cities, in the context of adaptation processes of the allochthonous population. The analysis includes four voivodship cities in the area of the northern and western territories, known as the Recovered Territories (after the administrative division of Poland on June 28, 1946): Gdańsk, Olsztyn, Szczecin and Wrocław. The results of the comparative research are presented in descriptive, cartographic and tabular form. Based on them, it was concluded that the naming changes of the old town market squares were the result of naming assimilation (identified as a top-down process) and domestication of space (identified as a bottom-up process). Both processes contributed to an entirely new chapter in the history of cities in these lands, creating a semantic storyline construct that is unique in Poland and the world.

Key words: Western and Northern Territories, urban space, urbanonym, hodonym, agoronym

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Szczepańska M., 2023, Asymilacja nazewnicza i oswajanie przestrzeni tzw. Ziem Odzyskanych w realiach powojennych na przykładzie rynków staromiejskich, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 59–84, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-04

Wpłynęło: 11.08.2023
Zaakceptowano: 4.12.2023

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T. 68.4, ss. 41–57

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Kobiety (nie)widoczne w nazwach ulic – dysproporcje liczbowe między patronkami a patronami ulic w polskich miastach na prawach powiatu

Women (in)visible in street names – disproportions in numbers between female and male patrons of streets in Polish cities and towns with county rights

Helena NITKIEWICZ
Uniwersytet Warszawski
e-mail: hz.nitkiewicz@student.uw.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-7898-5562

Abstract: The study aims to determine the degree of disproportion in numbers between male and female patrons of the streets of Polish large cities. It provides answers to the question of how many streets in cities with county rights were named after male and female historical figures. The research sample includes all 66 cities and towns with county rights. Moreover, on the basis of the collected data, a pantheon of female patrons was prepared. Data from the TERYT register was manually marked in a spreadsheet in order to count patrons disaggregated by gender. The study concluded that there is a high degree of numerical disproportion between female and male street patrons in Polish cities. Among historical figures commemorated in street names, women constitute between 3.52% and 19.86%. The most common patrons are Maria Konopnicka, Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Eliza Orzeszkowa.

Key words: critical toponymy, street patrons, cities with county rights, feminonyms, masculinonyms

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Nitkiewicz H., 2023, Kobiety (nie)widoczne w nazwach ulic – dysproporcje liczbowe między patronkami a patronami ulic w polskich miastach na prawach powiatu, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 41–57, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-03

Wpłynęło: 11.08.2023
Zaakceptowano: 4.12.2023

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T. 68.4, ss. 27–39

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Charków – przeciwdziałanie dominującej komunistycznej toponimii miasta

Kharkiv – counteracting the city’s dominant communist toponymy

Oleksandr RADCHENKO
Uniwersytet Gdański
Wydział Nauk Społecznych
Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
e-mail: oleksander.radchenko@ug.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-0437-6131
Tomasz MICHALSKI
Uniwersytet Gdański
Wydział Nauk Społecznych
Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
e-mail: tomasz.michalski@ug.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-7916-9620

Abstract: Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine after Kiev in terms of importance and population. From 1919 to 1935, Kharkiv was the official capital of Soviet Ukraine, and therefore Lenin’s “Communist Propaganda Plan” was most often applied in it. Most streets, administrative districts, industrial plants, community centres, schools, etc. were named after communist activists or symbols of communism. In this context, the article aims to analyse a long-term process of removing the dominant communist toponymy of the city during de-communization in Kharkiv. After the declaration of independence, the Ukrainian authorities banned the Communist Party and the propagation of communist ideology, but despite this, for around thirty years Kharkiv’s toponymy continued to be dominated by names associated with the Soviet propaganda. It was only with the onset of the war in the Donbass in 2014 that real renaming of toponymic objects with communist origins began in Kharkiv. The first major change took place in May 2016, when seven city districts, five metro stations, 52 streets and a park were renamed. The process of change accelerated after the onset of a full-scale war in 2022.

Key words: Kharkiv, toponyms, communist propaganda, decommunization

Zalecany sposób cytowania / Cite as: Radchenko O., Michalski T., 2023, Charków – przeciwdziałanie dominującej komunistycznej toponimii miasta, Prace i Studia Geograficzne, 68.4, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, 27–39, DOI: 10.48128/pisg/2023-68.4-02

Wpłynęło: 28.02.2023
Zaakceptowano: 8.12.2023

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