Worthen

Worthen

Worthen, in Marschländern bes. durch die Kunst errichtete Hügel, um Häuser darauf zu bauen (Worthenstätte), od. um bei schnell eintretender hoher Fluth das Vieh dahin in Sicherheit zu bringen.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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