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Subject: Re: Need a little help


Author:
Wes
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Date Posted: 15:06:42 08/21/10 Sat
In reply to: JoeinMD 's message, "Re: Need a little help" on 14:10:16 08/21/10 Sat

>>I need a little help on something. I know that there
>>are some German readers of this forum, and perhaps one
>>of them can help me.
>>
>>I need a name for a medium-sized university, probably
>>an older and respected one, located perhaps within
>>100km of Stuttgart or Frankfurt.
>>
>>The name has to be fictional but needs to sound like a
>>place that could really exist. I don't plan on setting
>>any scenes there but it will be referred to several
>>times in the project I'm currently working on.
>>
>>If you're really imaginative, a little local color
>>about the fictional university would be helpful -- say
>>a bit of a description (i.e., located high on a hill
>>overlooking some fictional town name, near the famous
>>fictional castle) or some piece of fictional history
>>about the place might be useful -- say, some fictional
>>famous German that no one in the US is likely to be
>>very familiar with attended there 150 years before.
>>
>>I'd appreciate your help on this!
>>
>>-- Wes
>Wes
>
>I'm a fan of W.E.B. Griffin and he seems to have a
>fondness for Marburg. It has a university, but I
>don't know if it is within your 100km boundary.
>
> >href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg">http://en.w
>ikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg

>

Right, and it would work well. The problem is that Marburg is real and I need fictional -- mostly, like Square One and the Shakahatchie Indians, I don't want someone to call me on something if I get a detail wrong.

-- Wes

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Author:
Robin Pentecost
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Date Posted: 00:46:21 08/25/10 Wed

I need a little help on something...

Try this: the fictional town is Albburg. It would be east of Stuttgart. The reference is to the Schwäbische Alb, a plateau know in the area. Thi feature is well know for its Schwäbian people who are said to have been thrown out of Scotland for being too cheap. If you're interested I can give you lots of colorful anecdotes.

The Alb is a rather sharp escarpment and the top is flat, similar to a western American mesa. It overlooks the plains around the Neckar river.

Universität Albburg would work You can even say that there is a castle overlooking the escarpment (burg means castle).

Such universities as Tuebingen (it's real, near Stuttgart) had fraternities where dueling was once a sport.

Let me know if you want more.

Robin
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Author:
Wes
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Date Posted: 09:13:00 08/25/10 Wed


>Let me know if you want more.

Perfect! Thanks!

-- Wes
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Author:
Robin Pentecost
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Date Posted: 18:09:44 08/26/10 Thu

>
>>Let me know if you want more.
>
>Perfect! Thanks!
>
>-- Wes

I really like Reinhard's idea for Buettingen. I had Tuebingen in mind with my suggestion.


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