Talk:Bayreuth

Bayreuth = Beirut?
Does the toponym Bayreuth have anything to do with Beirut? Like, is it some kind of Germanized foreign name, or is it actually a uniquely German place name? Le Anh-Huy 21:13, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know the etymology of Bayreuth, but I suspect the similarity to "Beirut" is a coincidence. I bet "Bayreuth" is somehow related to "Bayern" (the German name of Bavaria). —Angr 10:48, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

The name "Bayreuth" derives from the older name "Baierute", which means as much as "clearing (in the sense of cutting trees, in order to make place for the city) done by the Bavarians"

Hello. My name is Mouhamad and I was Born in Beirut (Lebanon), but I traveled extensively and lived in many countries including Germany. I was attracted to this page because of the similarity between the pronounciation of Bayreuth to Beirut. I think both Bayreuth and Baierute can be related to Beirut, but with that said, during my life time and through knowledge of several languages, I found that many languages contain words that are pronounced identically but have totally different meanings.

The other possibilty is that Bayreuth is actually named after Beirut, but this hinges on knowing if the founder of the city was part of the Crusade before he established the city, or more peaceful possibility that he was a pilgrim to the holy land of palestine and he passed through Beirut and liked it enough to call his new town after it. Mouhamd End-Out


 * There is almost certainly no relationship between Bayreuth and Beirut and even their pronunciation is not that close. Beirut comes from Birûta, which was most probably given for the city’s multitude of wells (burtu in Akkadian, be’er in Hebrew and bîr in Arabic) or may have been named after its first queen. Bayreuth means "Bavarian clearing" as indicated above!

Please.

As you said, there is no similarity in the pronounciation of Bayreuth and Beirut in the German language and most certainly not in Bareiterisch, the local lingo.

In Bariterisch, Bayreuth is called "Barite". (English transliteration.)

No similarity to "Biroot" [as it is pronounced in German]. (English transliteration.)

It's all just because of the way anglos relate to the world. Pronounce every thing the English / American way.

Gatorinvancouver (talk) 00:55, 17 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey, don't blame us! The French spelling of Beirut is usually "Beyrouth" and used to be common even in English media.  OBVIOUSLY, "Beyrouth" and "Bayreuth" are easily confused -- there needs to be a disambig atop this page!


 * (already one coming from the Beirut page) 209.172.25.157 (talk) 05:52, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Pronunciation
[baɪˈɾɔʏt] should ideally be [baɪˈʁɔʏt], as per IPA_for_German. I also think [baːˈɾaɪ̯t] and [baˈɾaɪ̯t] could be merged to [ba(ː)ˈɾaɪ̯t] to reduce clutter. Lfh (talk) 15:19, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Locater
Looking for female name Angelica or Angelika nuaser/nouser west Germany bayreuth Williepierce (talk) 23:01, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Notable people
List is now very long, should we make an own article of it? (See also: List of notable people from Bayreuth)--Buchbibliothek (talk) 18:15, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

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Wieland Wagner's involvement in concentration camp
The original article included this sentence: "Wieland Wagner, the grandson of the composer, Richard Wagner, was the deputy civilian director there from September 1944 to April 1945." But there was no source for this statement. (Neither the previous reference (Christine O'Keefe) nor the following reference (People's Court) mentioned this.) I've added two citations for this sentence. I could not find a source for the specific dates (September 1944 to April 1945) so I've removed it and changed it to "in late 1944 and early 1945," which is included in the Deutsche Welle article. Omc (talk) 22:09, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Bayreuth
Bayreuth is from Baierrute, clearing of immigrants from the Bavarian region Bompanigcc (talk) 03:47, 24 February 2023 (UTC)