Windisch (surname)

Windisch is a family name.

Origin and Meaning

As Windische Slavs, Slovenes, Sorbs or turn were referred to the 19th century in the German language area. Thus, the surname refers to the Slavic origin of the wearer.

See also: Windisch ( Slovenian) as a term for the Slovene language.

Bearers of the name

  • Alfred I. zu Windisch -Graetz (1787-1862), Austrian field marshal
  • Alfred Windisch- Graetz II to (1819-1876), general in the Austrian army
  • Alfred III. zu Windisch - Graetz (1851-1927), Austrian politician
  • Albert Windisch (1878-1967), German painter, Academy Professor and typographer
  • Alois Windisch (1888-1958), an Austrian officer
  • Bernd Windisch ( * 1980), Austrian football player
  • Dominik Windisch ( * 1989), Italian biathlete
  • Elke Windisch ( * 1951), German journalist
  • Ernst Windisch (1844-1918), German linguist
  • Franz Windisch ( * 1957 ), Austrian politician ( ÖVP)
  • Franziska Windisch ( * 1983), German artist
  • Günther Tschif Windisch ( * 1943 ), Austrian mechanical engineer and writer
  • Hans Windisch (1891-1965), German photographer, author, graphic artist and illustrator
  • Hans Windisch ( theologian ) ( 1881-1935 ), German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar
  • Hubert Windisch ( b. 1949 ), Roman Catholic theologian and professor
  • Johann Christoph Windisch (1657-1731), teacher, sculptor and carpenter
  • Joseph Windisch (1884-1968), German Major General and General of the supply troops of the Army
  • Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (1725-1793), mayor of Bratislava, historian, writer
  • Markus Windisch ( born 1984 ), Italian biathlete
  • Rudolf Windisch (1897-1918), German fighter pilot
  • Sigmund Windisch (1709-1787), sculptor and carpenter
  • Theodor Windisch (1880-1932), Hessian politician ( DDP)
  • Thomas Windisch (1914-2005), German composer and artist
  • Uta Windisch ( * 1949 ), Saxon politician (CDU) and members of the Saxon State Parliament
  • Veronika Windisch ( * 1982 ), Austrian Shorttrackerin
  • Walter Windisch (1924-2011), German fighter pilot and general of the Bundeswehr
  • Wolfram Windisch ( * 1969 ), German physician and pulmonologist
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