I'd like to thank everyone for their responses.
Thanks Cousins and Happy Thanksgiving too!
Ed.
PS - As I have not seen this mentioned for awhile and as Christmas is coming, you may like (for $20) to get a copy of Hans Bahlow's book translated by Edda Gentry :'German Names' from Amazon.
I just noticed one bad review because the purchaser's surname was not included. Mine isn't either (15,000 others are) but a careful reading of the Author's Introduction gave me the clue to check Slavic place names and notice there is a town in NE Germany called 'Lowitz' (Duh!).