Kretschmer

Kretschmer
Recorded as Kretschmer, Kretzschmar, Kretchmer and Kretschmann, and cognate with Krueger and Kruger, this is a Germanic surname. Recorded in all German speaking countires including Austria, German, The Netherlands and Switzerland, it is occupational and describes a keeper of a public house, tavern or inn. Perhaps not surprisingly it is also one of the earliest of German surnames, with for instance Andreas Kreczmer being recorded in Breslau in 1384, and later Augustin Kretzshmann of Bernek in 1584. The recordings as Krueger are slightly earlier with Ludwig Crugery of Kassel being recorded in 1340, and Johan der Crugir also of Kassel in 1362. Spelling over the centuries being at best indifferent, and local accents very thick, often lead to the development of both variant forms of the same name, and in this case two quite separate and distinctive surnames, but with the same meaning. Occupational surnames whilst amongst the first to be recorded, usually did not become hereditary unless a son followed a father into the same line of business. The popularity of this name would sugggest, that it was usually a 'family business'.

Surnames reference. 2013.

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  • Kretschmer — Kretschmer, Edmund, Komponist, geb. 31. Aug. 1830 zu Ostritz in der Oberlausitz, war Schüler von Julius Otto und Joh. Schneider in Dresden, wurde 1854 Hoforganist daselbst, 1872 Instruktor des königlichen Kapellknabeninstituts, 1880 Dirigent der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Kretschmer — Kretschmer, Edmund, Komponist, geb. 31. Aug. 1830 in Ostritz, 1854 97 Hoforganist in Dresden, komponierte Opern (»Die Folkunger«, 1874; »Heinrich der Löwe«, 1877), Lieder, Kirchenstücke u.a …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Kretschmer — (Ernst) (1888 1964) neurologue et psychiatre allemand …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Kretschmer — Berufsnamen zu mhd. kretschmar »Schankwirt«, einem im ostmitteldeutschen Raum seit dem 14.Jh. nachweisbaren Lehnwort slawischen Ursprungs (vgl. osorb. korcmar, tschech. krcmar, poln. karczmarz). Bekannter Namensträger: Ernst Kretschmer, deutscher …   Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • Kretschmer, Ernst — born Oct. 8, 1888, Wüstenrot, Ger. died Feb. 8, 1964, Tübingen, W.Ger. German psychiatrist. In his best known work, Physique and Character (1921), he attempted to correlate body build and physical constitution with character and mental illness,… …   Universalium

  • Kretschmer, Commander Otto — 1912–    Kretschmer was the best German U Boat Commander in World War II and is credited with having sunk more than 200,000 tons of Allied shipping between 1939 and 1941. In 1939 he commanded U.23, a small coastal submarine, which sunk the HMS… …   Who’s Who in World War Two

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