Fritsche

Fritsche is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The family name Fritsche (also Fritsch , Fritzsch , Fritzsche ), found mainly in Thuringia , southern Saxony-Anhalt , Saxony and Silesia as well as in the Alemannic region, is a short form of Friedrich , i.e. a patronymic , in a dialect-related derivation from Fritz or Fritze .

Name bearer

• August Ludwig Leopold von Fritsche (1780–1855), Prussian local lawyer and district president in Köslin (1834–1851)
• Arno Eugen Fritsche (1858–1939), German architect with a focus on Protestant church construction
• Burkhard Fritsche (* 1952), German cartoonist, artist name "BURKH"
• Christian Fritsche , German swimmer and Paralympionid
• Claudia Fritsche (* 1952), Liechtenstein diplomat and ambassador
• Dan Fritsche (* 1985), American ice hockey player
• Erika Fritsche (* 1956), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Friedrich Gotthilf Fritsche (1799-1851), German Protestant clergyman
• Gerhard Fritsche (1916–1965), German architect
• Gottfried Fritzsche (1578–1638), German organ builder
• Hans Fritsche (politician) (1832–1898), German lawyer and politician
• Hans Fritsche (architect) (* 1929), German architect and President of the GDR Building Academy
• Hans Fritsche (soccer player) (* 1950), German soccer player and sports journalist
• Herbert Fritsche (homeopath) (1911–1960), German homeopath, writer and editor
• Herbert Fritsche (historian) (* 1934), German homeland researcher
• Hermann Georg Fritsche (1846–1924), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor and superintendent
• Iven Fritsche (* 1966), German poet
• Joachim Fritsche (* 1951), German soccer player
• John Fritsche senior (born 1966), American ice hockey player
• John Fritsche junior (* 1991), American-Swiss ice hockey player
• Julius Fritzsche (1844 – after 1902), German theater actor
• Karl Fritsche (1911–1986), German trade unionist (FDGB)
• Klaus-Dieter Fritsche (* 1953), German political official
• Lutz Fritsche (1944–2016), German industrial engineer
• Maja Catrin Fritsche (* 1960), German pop singer
• Marco Fritsche (* 1976), Swiss journalist and television presenter
• Olaf Fritsche (* 1967), German author of children's and non-fiction books for adults
• Petra Fritsche (* 1951), communication scientist and German city guide
• Volkmar Fritsche (* 1936), German composer and conductor
• Wladimir Maximowitsch Fritsche (1870–1929), Russian literary and art scholar
• Wolfgang Fritsche (1933–2017), German microbiologist

See also

• Mount Fritsche , mountain on the north side of the Richthofen Pass on the east coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula
• Fritzsche

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1972, ISBN 3-518-06565-3 ( Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch 65).