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Title: Schans en Schrans
Author(s): CLAES, F.
Journal: Naamkunde
Volume: 27    Issue: 1-2   Date: 1995   
Pages: 33-45
DOI: 10.2143/NK.27.1.2003342

Abstract :
De woorden schans en schrans, die in tal van toponiemen voorkomen, waren vooral in de 16de en de 17de eeuw benamingen van omwalde verdedigingsplaatsen en vluchtplaatsen.




'Schans' and 'Schrans'
The words 'schans' and 'schrans', appearing in many place names, were, especially during the 16th and 17th centuries names of enclosured places and refuges.

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