Heiligenberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heiligenberg.

Proper noun

Heiligenberg

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Svatý Kopeček, a historical town, nowadays a part of the city of Olomouc.
    • 1865, Samuel Beckley Holabird, Treatise on Grand Military Operations, Or, A Critical and Military History of the Wars of Frederick the Great, as Contrasted with the Modern System‎, volume 1, translation of original by D. Van Nostrand, page 343:
      The morning of the 22d, this reënforcement was thrown into Olmutz between Lodenitz and Heiligenberg. General Saint-Ignon, in order to draw off the attention of the Prussians, appeared as far as Gros-Teinitz.

Synonyms

Translations
part of Olomouc — see Svatý Kopeček

German

Alternative forms
  • Heiligberg

Etymology

From heilig +‎ Berg.

Proper noun

Heiligenberg n (genitive Heiligenbergs)

  1. A municipality in Upper Austria, Austria.
  2. A municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  3. A municipality in Lower Alsace.
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