He also defeated the German starters Werner Hoppe from Köllerbach and Rudolf Vesper.
a male given name, popular in Germany since the Middle Ages
Basel-Landschaft
weerni
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Germanic: *waraz (“cautious; heedful; wary; watchful”) + *harjaz (“army; army leader”); roughly equivalent to English Warner.
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