Denkel (German family name)

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With its variants, Denkel is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The name Denkel is derived from the wheat variety spelled . Distribution of the family name in the Bavarian / Alemannic area. Earliest mention in 1370.

1376 Documentary mention of a Karl Denkel at Oberplan .

The name can also be found in the Balkans through migration movements ( Swabian trains ).

variants

  • Spelt
  • Dinkler
  • Spelled man
  • Spelled field

Name bearer

  • Erb, Veit von Denkel, bailiff of Wimpfen, d. October 9th, 1609.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mörath Anton: Small contributions to the history of the Germans in southern Bohemia .... In: Communications of the Association for the History of Germans in Bohemia Vol 41 (1903) p.128. .
  2. ↑ Grave slab in the Bad Wimpfen collegiate church.

literature

  • Bahlow Hans: German name dictionary . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main, 12th edition, 1994, ISBN 3-518-36565-7 .
  • Mörath, Anton: A short   history of the Germans in southern Bohemia . In: Communications of the Association for the History of Germans in Böhmen Vol. 41 (1903) p. 128.
  • Steub Ludwig Dr .: The Upper German family names . Published by R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1870.