Cool street names?

German Speakers: confirm spelling on these street names?

• I'm a volunteer re-designing a map for a fictional German village circa 1450-1600 (For a non profit annual Ren Fair in California). The loose story behind the fair is that the Baron is holding a festival and joust in which people have traveled from all over Europe to attend (Thus the event can showcase many different cultures.) The old map was very poorly designed and I have confirmed at least one misspelled word. I don't know the language at all, so if a native German speaker can confirm the spelling of these street names, I would appreciate it. I have the ability to add special characters such as umlauts, so if you feel a name would be better with something like this added, please let me know. The Street names are: Baron Strasse Heinrich Ratte Rasse Strasse Pirat Strasse Village Platz Oberst There is also a street named 'Way of the Bells'. How would I say this in German? What sparked this question was an earlier question on the correct spelling of Bakker Strasse, which a helpful person corrected as Bäckerstrasse or Bäckerstraße. Would it be grammatically correct to keep this as two words EG: 'Bäcker Strasse' or is it better as one word? Thank you in advance for your help. :) If it helps, you can view the current draft of the map here: http://sta.sh/0jbg6us9k41

• Answer:

  This is such a sweet idea :). Street names in German are usually either one word or several words separated by hyphens (the latter is most often used if the street name contains a particular person's name, such as Konrad-Adenauer-Straße). If adding umlauts is no trouble, it's better to use Straße with a ß. Heinrich and Oberst sound awkward on their own. How about Heinrichsgasse (Gasse means alley) and...Oberstsplatz? No, what a tongue twister. How about Hauptmannsplatz - it's a pronouncable alternative that also contains a military title and the Platz part is because the little corner on your map where it's located looks like a square. Way of the Bells = Glockenweg Village Platz = Dorfplatz Ratte-Rasse-Straße (not sure what it's supposed to mean, but it has a certain ring to it) Piratenstraße (it needs a linking syllable to sound natural) Baronenstraße