sentences:  Although the modern meaning for this word in German is “crane”, the context is likelier to make the meaning here “crown”, for Cronenberg “crowns” a mountain ("Berg" in German).Whatever the original meaning was, the name now has the prefix "Cronen—", which does actually resemble the modern German word for “crown”, namely "Krone".It is unknown whether Cronenberg began as a settlement near a small castle, but this cannot be ruled out.