other spellings: Gaubatz, Gaubitz, Gaubisch, Gaubig, Gubisch, Gaubisch, Gubitz, Gaubitz, Gubatz, Gubekow, Gubatz, Grossmaul'
The number of Germanized Slavic names is numerous everywhere east of the Elbe River, which served as a linguistic frontier between Germans and Slavs afer the later had oclcupied the lands abandoned by the fomer during their migratins westward and southward.