Dreger

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Dreger is a family name that occurs mainly in German-speaking countries.

Origin and meaning

Three or three; Dreger is also the Low German name for the turner (obd. lathe operator)

Name bearer

  • Alfred Dreger (1888–1979), German trade union secretary and senator for the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
  • Egon Dreger (1899–1970), German politician (KPD / SED), Spain fighter and diplomat
  • Friedrich von Dreger (1699–1750), German civil servant
  • Gottfried Dreger (before 1412 – after 1423), German Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Cammin from 1413 to 1423
  • Hans Dreger (1904–1981), German Germanist and university professor
  • Julius Dreger (1861–1945), Austrian geologist and paleontologist
  • Moritz Dreger (1868–1939), Austrian art historian
  • Richard Dreger (1853–1913), Austrian rear admiral
  • Tom von Dreger (1868–1948), Austrian painter

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Bahlow: German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1991, 1993, 2004, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4