Asymilacja nazewnicza i oswajanie przestrzeni tzw. Ziem Odzyskanych w realiach powojennych na przykładzie rynków staromiejskich

Abstract

This article concerns postwar changes of hodonyms and agoronyms in the area of old town markets of selected cities, in the context of adaptation processes of the allochthonous population. The analysis includes four voivodship cities in the area of the northern and western territories, known as the Recovered Territories (after the administrative division of Poland on June 28, 1946): Gdańsk, Olsztyn, Szczecin and Wrocław. The results of the comparative research are presented in descriptive, cartographic and tabular form. Based on them, it was concluded that the naming changes of the old town market squares were the result of naming assimilation (identified as a top-down process) and domestication of space (identified as a bottom-up process). Both processes contributed to an entirely new chapter in the history of cities in these lands, creating a semantic storyline construct that is unique in Poland and the world.