Toponyms

Weekend diversion: Mapmakers (or their financers) got to name a lot of places. There’s a website and a Mastodon account that makes it its purpose to surface the sometimes odd and sometimes funny toponyms¹ that have found their way into the official Swisstopo maps (many are in German or Swiss-German) and their etymology. Either outlet offers an RSS feed².

“The bridge that shakes”

“The headmaster’s little fir tree”

“Turkey”

Footnotes

1. place names

2. You can follow any Fediverse (e.g. Mastodon or Pixelfed) account through RSS, even if you are not part of the Fediverse. Simply add .rss the URL of their profile page. It’s the open web, after all.