Kretschmer
Kretschmer or Kretzschmer was originally a Slavic name. It is derived from a West Slavic word for " innkeeper " from ( sorb. korčmar, tschech. Krčmář ) and is occupied in the German since the 14th century.
The name is often, but has high concentrations in Upper Lusatia in Saxony to the Czech border, the area of origin of the name variant.
Well-known bearers of the name
- Albert Kretschmer (1825-1891), German painter
- Anna Kretschmer (* 1955), Slawistin, University Professor at the University of Vienna
- Annelise Kretschmer (1903-1987), German photographer
- Bernd Kretschmer (* 1941), German physicist
- Carola Kretschmer (born Thomas Kretschmer, * 1948), German guitarist
- Cleo Kretschmer (actually Ingeborg Maria Kretschmer; * 1951), German actress, screenwriter and novelist
- Edmund Kretschmer (1830-1908), German composer and organist
- Emma Kretschmer (1895-1960), German educator and kindergarten teacher
- Ernst Kretschmer (1888-1964), German psychiatrist
- Finn Kretschmer (* 1994), German handball player
- Franz Kretschmer (1848-1921), Austrian geologist
- Gero Kretschmer (* 1985), German tennis player
- Guido Maria Kretschmer (* 1965), German fashion designer
- Gunild Lattmann - Kretschmer (* 1936), German director and politician ( SED / PDS)
- Hans Kretschmer (1887-1976), German publisher
- Hans -Jürgen Kretschmer (* 1955), German jurist, Judge of the Federal Social Court
- Holger Kretschmer (* 1966), German handball player and coach
- Horst -Peter Kretschmer (* 1955), German ice hockey player
- Ingrid Kretschmer (1939-2011), Austrian cartographer
- Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Kretschmer (W. Kretschmer; 1806-1897 ), German draftsman, painter and lithographer
- Johann Hermann Kretzschmer (1811-1890), German painter
- Jürgen Kretschmer (* 1947), German canoeist
- Karl -Heinz Kretschmer (* 1948), German engineer and politician (CDU )
- Konrad Kretschmer (1864-1945), German geographer
- Michael Kretschmer (* 1975), German politician ( CDU)
- Nils Kretschmer (* 1993), German handball player
- Otto Kretschmer (1912-1998), German U- boat commander
- Otto Kretschmer ( politician ) ( 1940-2004 ), German politician ( SPD)
- Paul Kretschmer ( linguist ) ( 1866-1956 ), German linguist
- Paul Kretschmer (mayor) ( 1910-1999 ), German politician ( SPD)
- Peter Kretschmer (* 1992), German canoeist
- Robert Kretschmer (1818-1872), German painter and draftsman
- Stephan Kretschmer, former German military attache and officer of the Armed Forces, most recently in rank brigadier general; Expert on military leadership philosophy
- Sven Kretschmer (* 1970), German football player
- Thomas Kretschmer, maiden name of Carola Kretschmer (* 1948), German guitarist
- Thomas Kretschmer ( politician) (born 1954 ), German politician ( CDU)
- Thomas Kretschmer ( civil rights activist ) ( b. 1955 ), German civil rights activist and a political prisoner in East Germany