Wettstein

Wettstein is a Swiss surname and is originally from the Rumlikon in the Zurich Oberland. The name originally comes from the whetstone Wettstein, were ground with a knife and scythes. In Basel is the Wettstein bridge and the Wettsteinquartier, both of which are named after former Mayor of Basel Johann Rudolf Wettstein.

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Albert Wettstein (1907-1974), Swiss chemist
  • Diter von Wettstein (* 1929), German -American plant physiologist
  • Fritz von Wettstein (1895-1945), Austrian botanist
  • Hannes Wettstein (1958-2008), Swiss industrial designer
  • Heddy Mary Wettstein (1911-2006), Swiss actress
  • Johann Heinrich Wettstein (1649-1726), editor
  • Johann Jakob Wettstein (1693-1754), Swiss theologian and student of the New Testament
  • Johann Rudolf Wettstein (1594-1666), Swiss politician
  • Karl -Peter Wettstein (1940-2013), German politician
  • Minna Wettstein - Knights (1869 - after 1909 ), author and women's rights activist
  • Miriam Wettstein, Swiss mezzo-soprano
  • Oscar Wettstein (1866-1952), Swiss politician and the Zurich Cantonal Government
  • Otto Coninx - Wettstein (1915-2001), Swiss lawyer and publisher
  • Otto Wettstein - Westersheimb (1892-1967), Austrian zoologist
  • Richard Wettstein (1863-1931), Austrian botanist
  • Yvo Wettstein ( b. 1975 ), Swiss violinist
  • Family name
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