Thank you
Dankwart (also Dankward or Tangward ) is a German given name.
The word comes from Old High German and means guardian of remembrance (Old High German: thank for thinking , thought ; wartori , here for guardian, guardian, nurse ).
The best-known bearer of the name is the figure of the Burgundian knight and brother of Hagen von Tronje in the Nibelungenlied . He led the 9,000 Burgundian miners to the castle of the Huns - King Etzel .
Dankwart as a first name
- Dankwart († 1063), from 1049 to 1063 Bishop of Brandenburg
Dankwart is the first name of the following people:
- Dankwart Ackermann (1878–1965), German physiologist and chemist
- Dankwart Brinksmeier (* 1956), Protestant pastor and politician
- Dankwart Danckwerts (1933–2012), German professor of sociology and social education
- Dankwart Guratzsch (* 1939), German journalist
- Dankwart Rost (* 1926), ideological historian and advertising specialist
- Dankwart Rüstow (1924–1996), German-American sociologist
- Dankwart Kroll (1934–2019), German-Italian educator
Dankwart as a family name
- Karl Dankwart († 1704), church painter
Dankwart as the name of a cartoon character
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Wiktionary: Dankwart - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
