Burg (family name)
Burg , von Burg and von der Burg are German , Van Burg and Ter Burg are Dutch surnames .
Origin and meaning
From the origin, the words castle and mountain refer to a term that denotes a height, with the developed forms * bherĝos- (mountain) and * bhereĝh- (high, sublime). Burg is then divorced from Berg in German with ablaut (Middle High German burc also means “city”, compare “citizen” and (English) 'burgh' for borough ). The first bearers of the family name had reference to a castle or a small town.
Name bearer
- Adam von Burg (1797–1882), also Adam Freiherr von Burg , Austrian mathematician and technologist
- Adolf von Burg (1900–1981), Swiss engineer and local researcher
- Adolf Burg (1917–2003), victim of Nazi persecution and chairman of the Association of Politically, Racially and Religiously Persecuted People
- Anton Burg (1767–1849), carpenter and mechanic
- August Burg (1820–1882), German industrialist
- Avraham Burg (* 1955), Israeli politician
- Birger von der Burg , Swedish ski jumper
- Bobby Burg (* 1977), American emo musician
- Christel Burg (1925–2009), German children's book author, see Helge Darnstädt
- Daniel Gottlob Burg (1727–1795), German Protestant theologian
- Dominique von Burg (* 1946), Swiss journalist
- Emil von Burg (1896 – after 1970), Swiss manufacturer
- Emmy Burg (1908–1982), actually Emmy Uhlich , German actress
- Ernst von der Burg (1831–1910), Prussian general of the infantry
- Ernst von der Burg , pseudonym of Ernst Christian Friedrich Schreck (1857 – after 1935), German educator
- Eugen Burg (1871–1944), German actor
- Ferdinand Burg (1868–1915), see Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868–1915)
- Fritz Burg (1906–1980), Swiss teacher and entrepreneur
- Günter Burg (* 1941), German-Swiss dermatologist
- Gustav von Burg (editor) (1846–1930), Swiss newspaper editor
- Gustav von Burg (zoologist) (1871–1927), Swiss teacher and ornithologist
- Hansi Burg (1898–1975), German-Austrian actress
- Ieke van den Burg (1952–2014), Dutch politician (PvdA), MEP
- JG Burg (1908–1990), also Josef Ginzburg , German-Jewish Holocaust denier
- Jacques Burg (1862 – after 1914), German theater and silent film actor and author of stage works
- Jean-Pierre Burg (born April 25, 1953 in Meknes, Morocco), since September 1, 1993 full professor at the Geological Institute of ETH Zurich
- Job ter Burg (* 1972), Dutch film editor
- Johann Burg (medic) (1652–1690), German medic
- Johann Friedrich Burg (1689–1766), German Lutheran theologian
- Johann Tobias Bürg (1766–1834), German astronomer
- Joost van der Burg (* 1993), Dutch cyclist
- Josef Burg (politician) (1909–1999), Israeli politician and rabbi
- Josef Burg (writer) (1912–2009), Yiddish writer
- Joseph Burg (1857–1923), social politician and Catholic newspaper editor
- Joseph Vitus Burg (1768–1833), bishop of Mainz from 1830 to 1833
- Lou van Burg (1917–1986, bourgeois Loetje van Weerdenburg), Dutch-German showmaster and entertainer
- Mark Burg , American film producer
- Meno Burg (1789–1853), major in the artillery, first Prussian staff officer of the Jewish faith
- Michael von Burg (* 1977), Swiss-American actor
- Niki von der Burg , German actor
- Paul Burg (1884–1948), actually Paul Schaumburg , German writer and journalist
- Peter Burg (* 1941), German historian
- Robert Burg (1890–1946), actually Robert Bartl , court opera singer and chamber singer (baritone)
- Ursula Burg (1919–1996), German theater and film actress
- Twan Burg (* 1990), Dutch chess and shogi player
- Viola von der Burg (* 1965), German actress
- Wim ter Burg (1914–1995), Dutch composer, church musician, choir conductor and music teacher