The lines are named after Johann G. Neumann, who discovered them in 1848 in the iron meteorite Braunau, a hexahedrite, which fell in 1847.[2][3]
D'Neumann-Linne sinn nom Johann G. Neumann benannt, dee si 1848 am Hexaedrit Braunau entdeckt hat, deen 1847 op d'Äerd gefall war.[1][2]