Fritzsch
Origin and meaning
The family name Fritzsch (also Fritsche , Fritsch , Fritzsche ), found mainly in Thuringia , southern Saxony-Anhalt , Saxony and Silesia as well as in the Alemannic region, is a short form of Friedrich in a dialect-related derivation from Fritz or Fritze , i.e. a patronymic .
Name bearer
- Angela Fritzsch (* 1961), German television presenter
- Arnold Fritzsch (* 1951), German composer, singer and lyricist
- Bernd Fritzsch (* 1948), German biologist and neuroscientist
- Christian Fritzsch (1695–1769), German engraver
- Christian Friedrich Fritzsch (around 1719 – before 1774), German engraver
- Claudius Ditlev Fritzsch (1765–1841), German-Danish painter
- Ernst Wilhelm Fritzsch (1840–1902), German musician, music publisher and editor
- Georg Fritzsch (* 1963), German musician and conductor
- Harald Fritzsch (* 1943), German physicist
- Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch (around 1720–1802), German engraver
- Johannes Fritzsch (* 1960), German conductor
- Karl Fritzsch (1903–1945), German SS Hauptsturmführer
- Karl-Ewald Fritzsch (1894–1974), German folklorist and educator
- Martin Fritzsch (* 1921), German soccer player
- Ottilie Fritzsch , married name of Ottilie Genée , (1834–1911), German theater actress and opera singer (soprano)
- Roland Fritzsch (1929–2012), German forest scientist
- Ronald Fritzsch (* 1951), German terrorist of the June 2nd movement
- Sebastian Fritzsch (* 1977), German photographer, film director and screenwriter
- Thomas Fritzsch (* 1961), German gambist
- Walter Fritzsch (1920–1997), German soccer player and coach
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ 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).