Castritius
Castritius is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Castritius is the Latinized variant of Kastrierer ( cattle cutter ) or the Latinized designation of origin after the Dutch town of Casteren near Bladel .
The name Castritius occurs frequently in the Darmstadt region .
Well-known namesake
- Heinrich Castritius Geldorp (1522–1585), German theologian and humanist
- Helmut Castritius (1941–2019), German ancient historian
- Matthias Castritius (around 1530–1582), German legal scholar
- Michael Castritius, German radio journalist, Latin America correspondent and moderator
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Castritius: On the history of the Darmstadt family name Castritius and its bearers , in: Hessische Familienkunde 8 (1967), Sp. 227–232.