This peninsula is called Schwaben. It is in Altenburg-Jestetten (Jestetten!) on the German-Swiss border and is a site of an ancient “Celtic” fortress.
Apparently, it was listed in the 9th century as Suabowa (as per Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte).
The -owa is, supposedly, derived from -ava relating to water… This is not the only -owa in parts of Germany where there had been no Slavs:
And here we can see Germanic influence in Poland – the town of Stalowa (Wola) also, of course, located on a river – this time the river San.
Hilarious!
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