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Subject: Re: Faffelberger
Author: Marc   (guest, 65.93.77.253)
Date: May 13, 2010 at 9:41:21 AM
Reply to: Faffelberger by gogin
One would expect this to be derived from a place named Faffelberg but there's no such locality in Austria or anywhere else. However, the fact that there exists a variant Pfaffelberger makes it plausible that the origin is Pfaffenberg, a common placename in Austria and Germany.

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