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
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