Talk:Johann Nepomuk Hiedler

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What's the source of "von" in "Johann Nepomuk von Hiedler"?

I suppose the correct name was "Johann von Nepomuk Hiedler". In this case the "von" would be normal part of his Christian name, because in my opinion he is named after the Catholic saint Johann von Nepomuk, also known as only Johann Nepomuk, the so-called "bridge saint".

I took out the "Czech." Johann von Pomuk was a Bohemian German, not a Bohemian Czech. But the ancestry of the Saint is irrelevant. He was worshipped by both Bohemian Germans and Czechs. So his name indicates ties to Bohemia (the country), not to "Czechs." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karpaten1 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 6 June 2009 (UTC)