Disputatio:Frauenburgum

"Drusiana urbs" is used for Elbinga [1] which is situated at Lake Drausensee, or Druzno, which in turn is named after the legendary trading town of Truso. So this makes sense, unlike calling Frauenburg "Drusiana urbs". Nowhere I've seen an explanation why this statement is made in some old dictionaries. Some at least refer [2] to the description [3] of Poland by de:Martin Zeiller (1589-1661), a German author who has published a lot, also taking over content and possibly errors from others [4]. For example, en:Martinus Cromerus (1512 -1589) in 1577 speaks of Fraumbergam, and mentions the lake, Marienburg and Elbing on the next page. --Matthead 02:41, 23 Novembris 2009 (UTC)[reply]

To add to the confusion, Copernicus also jokingly translated the town's name into Greek, as Gynopolis. --Matthead 03:00, 23 Novembris 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Drusiana urbs looks like an error. There are several such errors in Graesse, because of his anxiety to record all possible variants, including those that arose from some earlier misunderstanding. If it is indeed an error, we should mention it in a footnote, not in the first sentence of the article.

Castrum Dominae Nostrae seems to me to be genuine and well recorded. I am looking at an article in Archaeologia Polona vol. 6 (1964) which cites medieval documents to support this name. Another source is currently cited on our page. Frauenburgum is OK too, of course. I think both these forms should be in bold letters in the first sentence. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 13:22, 23 Novembris 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you mean Archaeologia Polona vol. 6:1964 "The Cathedral's Hill of Frombork, Braniewo district, in the light of recent archaeological research", which can be downloaded as PDF from http://www.iaepan.edu.pl/archaeologia-polona/article/83 --Matthead 00:32, 17 Octobris 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Latin inscription on the tombstone, which was erected for his re-burial in 2010:

†
Nicolaus Coppernicus
natus 19.02.1473 Thoruniae
defunctus 21.05.1543 Frauenburgi
astronomus
heliocentrismi artifex
canonicus warmiensis
“Christus nostrae salutis auctor” (N. Coppernicus) }}
--Matthead 00:32, 17 Octobris 2010 (UTC)[reply]