Hedwig

Hedwig is a female, in rare cases male, given name and surname . The name comes from Old High German (Haduwig) and is made up of hadu, "the fight, the battle" and wig, "wrestle, the fight, the war". The variants Hadwig , Hedi , Hedy , French Edwige , Scandinavian Hedvig , Flemish Hadewych , Slovak and Czech Hedvika , Polish Jadwiga , Spanish Eduvigis are known in German and English .

Name bearers

Single name

Hedwig von Wolhusen , 1070 abbess of the Fraumünster in Zurich
Hedwig von Ballenstedt (~ 1140–1203), Margravine of Meißen
Hedwig von Andechs (1174–1243), Duchess of Silesia, Silesian saint
Hedwig von Gutenstein († 1285?), Cistercian and abbess of the Wald monastery
Hedwig IV of Gernrode († 1316?), Abbess of the combined monasteries of Gernrode and Frose
Hedwig of Anjou (1373–1399), Queen of Poland and saint
Hedwig Jagiellonica (1457–1502) (1457–1502), Princess of Poland, Duchess of Bavaria
Hedwig Jagiellonica (1513–1573) (1513–1573), Princess of Poland, Electress of Brandenburg
Hedwig of Saxony (1445–1511) , daughter of Elector Friedrich II. Of Saxony, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Hedwig von Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531), by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach
Sophie Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1592–1642), Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and wife of Count Ernst Casimir from Diez
Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1595–1650), Duchess of Pomerania
Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1636–1715), Queen of Sweden
Hedwig Elisabeth Amalia of the Palatinate (1673-1722), Princess and Countess Palatine of Neuburg, Crown Princess of Poland
Hedwig Friederike von Württemberg-Weiltingen (1691–1752), Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst

First name

Hedwig Andersen (1866–1957), German speech therapist
Hedwig Anneler (1888–1969), Swiss ethnologist and writer
Hedwig Arendt (1856–1917), German theater actress
Hedwig "Vicki" Baum (1888–1960), Austrian-American harpist and writer
Hedwig Bender (1854–1928), German philosopher and women's rights activist
Hedwig von Beit (1896–1973), German storyteller and fairy tale researcher
Hedwig von Beverfoerde (* 1963), German activist for conservatism
Hedwig Bienkowski-Andersson (1904–1984), German essayist and writer
Hedwig Bilgram (* 1933), German musician
Hedwig Bleibtreu (1868–1958), Austrian theater and film actress
Hedwig Bleuler-Waser (1869–1940), Swiss temperamentalist
Hedwig Bollhagen (1907–2001), German ceramicist
Hedwig Brenner (1918–2017), Israeli lexicographer and writer
Hedwig Brouckaert (* 1973), Belgian sculptor and draftsman
Hedwig Burgheim (1887–1943), German educator
Hedwig Büll (1887–1981), Baltic German missionary
Hedwig Caspari (1882–1922), German writer
Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888–1966), German philosopher
Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), German writer
Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919), German writer and women's rights activist
Hedwig Dorosz (1905–1946), Swiss university professor and writer
Hedwig Dransfeld (1871–1925), German women's rights activist and politician
Hedwig Dülberg-Arnheim (1894–1944), German artist
Hedwig Eyrich (1893 – after 1963), German doctor, psychiatrist and novelist
Hedwig Fassbender (* 1954), German opera singer and vocal teacher
Hedwig Fechheimer (1871–1942), German art historian and Egyptologist
Hedwig Finger (1899–1974), German politician (CDU, DFU)
Hedwig Fleischhacker (1906–1978), German Eastern European historian
Hedwig Forstreuter (1890–1967), German journalist and writer
Hedwig Frey (1877–1938), Swiss anatomist
Hedwig Fuchs (1864–1944), German trade unionist and politician
Hedwig Funkenhauser (* 1969), German fencer
Hedwig Greve (1850–1925), German painter
Hedwig Grimm (1910–2003), German agricultural engineer and rose expert
Hedwig Gutzeit (1871–1945), German silent film actress and author
Hedwig Günther (1896–1966), German politician (SPD)
Hedwig Haberkern (1837–1901), German author and teacher
Hedwig Haller-Braus (1900–1989), Swiss sculptor
Hedwig Haschke (* 1921), German trade unionist (FDGB)
Hedwig Hausmann-Hoppe (1865 – after 1922), German painter
Hedwig Haß (1902–1992), German fencer
Hedwig Henrich-Wilhelmi (1833–1910), German writer, free thinker and suffragette
Hedwig Heyl (1850–1934), German women's rights activist and philanthropist
Hedwig Hillengaß (1902-1970), German opera singer (soprano)
Hedwig Hintze (1884–1942), German modern historian
Hedwig Hoffmann (actress) (1863–1925), German theater actress
Hedwig Hoffmann (politician) (1863-1940), German politician (DNVP)
Hedwig Holtz-Sommer (1901–1970), German painter
Hedwig Hornburg (1885–1975), German painter and teacher
Hedwig Hübsch (before 1896 - after 1908), Austrian opera singer (soprano)
Hedwig envelope (1794–1861), German poet, writer and teacher
Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler , stage name Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000), Austrian actress and inventor
Hedwig Kohn (1887–1964), German physicist
Hedwig Richter (* 1973), German historian
Hedwig Munck (* 1955), German children's book author
Hedwig Wigger (1853–1918), German writer

family name

Andreas Hedwig (* 1959), German archivist
Johann Hedwig (1730–1799), German botanist and doctor
Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772–1806), German botanist

Heavenly bodies

(476) Hedwig , asteroid of the main belt

Fictional characters

a wise owl in the radio play series for children, Die Drei vom Ast : Eulalia Hedwig Sophie Countess von Eichenhain Uhland
a snow owl and pet from Harry Potter in the novels of the same name, see Animals of the Harry Potter novels # Owls
the wife of Wilhelm Tell in the drama Wilhelm Tell (Schiller)
the main character of the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)
the main character of the film based on the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)
Main character in the film Comrade Hedwig