Bonhoeffer family

Bonhoeffer, in the notation Bonhöffer, is a family name.

Name origin and meaning

The Bonhoeffer family came from Nijmegen and was originally called van den Boenhoff (English: from Bohnenhof ). Since 1513 she lived in Schwäbisch Hall. The descendants worked first as a goldsmith, and later as doctors or pastors. The family turned 78 councilors, whose portraits are in the St. Michael's Church, several family members clad mayor.

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Adolf Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1859-1919), theologian, classical scholar, historian of philosophy and librarian
  • Gustav Otto Bonhoeffer (* August 22 1864 to 1932 ), chemist " colors vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. "in Elberfeld
  • Karl Bonhoeffer (1868-1948), psychiatrist, neurologist, medical expert, married to Paula von Hase. They had eight children: Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1899-1957), chemist, married to Grete von Dohnanyi, sister of Hans von Dohnanyi Martin Bonhoeffer (1935-1989), social worker, reformer of the home education
  • Friedrich Bonhoeffer (* 1932), a biochemist at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology Tobias Bonhoeffer ( b. 1960 ), Director at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
  • Thomas Bonhoeffer (* 1931), German Protestant theologian
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