Creutzburg (family name)

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Creutzburg is one of the oldest family names in Germany. The name Creutzburg is a settlement name that emerged from the castle and place name Creuzburg in Thuringia .

Origin and meaning

The first name of the settlement name Creutzburg contains Old High German , Old Saxon kruci , kruzi borrowed from the Latin crux 'cross'. The appellative burg is derived from the original Germanic burg with the meaning 'hill, hill' and the Middle High German burc , dialect borg with the meaning 'fortified place, castle, castle', since the high Middle Ages also with the meaning 'settlement, city', from. The name Creutzburg, as well as the names Kreuzburg, Creuzburg and Kreutzburg have their origin in Thuringia , in Creuzburg near Eisenach. The city of Creuzburg an der Werra can be found in the older source literature in different spellings such as Cruciburg, Cruceburc, Cruziberg, Cruceberc, Cruceborc, Cruczeborg, Cruczeberc, Creuteberc, Cruczburg, Crutzeburg, Crutzebork, Crutzeborgk, Creutzberg, Creutzburgk, Creutzburg, Kreutzburg. The name is first mentioned in connection with the Thuringian noble family von Creutzburg , von Creuzburg . When the first commissioned family took over the office of bailiff at Creuzburg Castle , a name change was made. The Burgmann entrusted with the office and his family took the name of the castle seat and called themselves from then on 'those of Cruceburg', the lords of Creuzburg / Creutzburg.

distribution

The name Creutzburg is most common in Thuringia. In the Germany telephone directory from 2010 there are 235 private entries for the name Creutzburg. There are 22 entries in the district of Gotha in Tabarz, 14 in Waltershausen, 10 in Friedrichroda, 9 in Gotha and 8 in Emleben. There are 7 entries in the Wartburg district and 6 entries in the Unstrut Hainich district. The name Creutzburg can be found a total of 9 times below in Jena, Weimar Erfurt. Altogether there are 96 private entries in Thuringia. This means that 41% of all entries with the name Creutzburg are in Thuringia.

variants

  • Creuzburg, Kreutzburg, Kreuzburg, Creutzberg

Name bearer

  • August Creutzburg (born March 6, 1892 in Fischbach, Thuringia, † September 11, 1941 in Orlow, Soviet Union), German communist politician
  • Johannes Creutzburg (1686–1738), master organ builder in Central Germany during the Baroque period
  • Nikolaus Creutzburg (1893–1978), German geographer
  • Torsten Creutzburg (* 1979), German radio presenter, speaker, journalist

literature

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  • Archive for the Saxon History by Wilhelm Wachsmuth, Karl von Weber , 1863
  • German nobility lexicon by Ernst Heinrich Kneschke , Leipzig 1860
  • Genealogical-Historical Adels Lexicon by Johann Friedrich Gauhe, Leipzig 1740
  • The emergence of sovereignty in Thuringia, Hans Patze, 1962

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