Slavia Tirolenis

About

This upload features the data set collected during the Slavia Tirolensis Project led and executed by Emanuel Klotz (LFU Innsbruck) and funded by the FWF.

Context and methodology

The goal of the project was to collect and etymologise Slavic place names in Eastern Tirol.

The data collection comprises

• named objects
• their geographical position
• possible etymologies (including obsolete or improbrobable suggestions)
• evidence of the names in historical records
• local pronunciation as IPA transcripts and audio files
• pictures of the objects 
• possible "namesakes" outside Tirol (names from Slovenia, Poland, Czechia etc. that likely have the same origin as a given name in Eastern Tirol)

The purpose of the data is to be visualised on a map-based platform open for the public.

A detailed explanation of the data, their function and structure is provided in the readme.pdf attached to the data set. 

Technical details

• Database provided in .json, .db and .xml
• Documentation on the data structure in .pdf (German)

Additional Information

Web platform: https://explore-research.uibk.ac.at/p/slavia-tirolensis/ (with further information on methodology).