Flender (family name)
Flender is a family name that is mainly found in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district .
origin
Transfer of a house name , initially as an epithet , which was later transferred not only to a person and their descendants, but also to other residents of this house at a later time.
According to sources, the house got the name Flender through the professional relationships of the residents of this house with Flanders . The economic links between the Siegerland iron industry and Flanders were strong at that time. In the early part of the Flender family history, a branch u. a. also the name "Flander / Flandern" and "von Flandern".
people
- Alfred Friedrich Flender , entrepreneur
- August Flender (1899–1982), German economist
- Daniel Flender (1665–1723), professor, theologian and writer
- Friedrich Flender von der Hardt (1674–1707), Siegerland freedom fighter, executed by Wilhelm Hyacinth von Nassau-Siegen (1666–1743)
- Hermann Flender (theologian) (1653–1725), German theologian
- Hermann Flender (diplomat) (1918–2004), German diplomat
- Hermann Ignatius Flender (1681–1747), German theologian
- Johannes Flender (1653–1724), professor, theologian and writer
- Karl Wolfgang Flender (* 1986), German author
- Reinhard David Flender , professor, composer and musicologist
- Ulrike Flender (* 1982), Air Force officer and first female German fighter pilot, see Ulrike Fitzer
Bibliography
- "History of the Flender Family" Volume I.
- "History of the Flender Family" Volume II
- "Attachments of the volumes"