Hotz
Hotz , in the plural Hotzen, is a name for the inhabitants of the Hotzenwald , i.e. the Hotzenwälder or simply forests . The old Hotz is a popular name for the church tower in Hochsal near Säckingen, the new Hotz one for the Gugelturm in Herrischried -Giersbach. During the First World War, Hotz was a swear word used by North German officers of the 113th Infantry Regiment for the man from Baden .
Hotz is also a family name .
etymology
The derivation of the word is uncertain; a concentrated treatise on this subject can be found in the Baden dictionary . According to this, the derivation from the Hotzen , the typical harem pants of the residents of Hauenstein , the most probable one. Other explanations such as the derivation from the Rotwelschen or the Bohemian (including Otfried Preussler's " Räuber Hotzenplotz ") are linguistically and factually problematic.
The place names formed with Hotz have a different origin ; these are based - as almost generally with -hausen names - a male personal name ( e.g. Hozo, Hodezo, Huozo or similar). In the upper Kinzig valley, Conrat Hotze zu Hozzenhusen is mentioned in 1294 . 1304 in the course of a sale to the Alpirsbach monastery, the good to Hotzenheuser das da buwet Conradt Hotz . The former hamlet of Hotzenhäuser at Schenkenzell Castle an der Kinzig is called Hozahusem in 1315 and Hotzertheuser in 1560 .
The Old High German nickname on which the place names are based should also be present in the Hotz family name .
Name bearer
- Albertus Paulus Hermanus Hotz (1855–1930), Dutch entrepreneur and photographer
- Annemarie Huber-Hotz (1948–2019), Swiss politician and Federal Chancellor
- Arturo Hotz (1944–2014), Swiss sports scientist and university professor
- Christian Hotz (* 1986), Swiss table tennis player
- Frits Bernard Hotz ( FB Hotz, 1922–2000), Dutch writer and jazz musician
- Gerhard Hotz (1880–1926), Swiss surgeon
- George Hotz (* 1989), American hacker
- Günter Hotz (* 1931), German IT pioneer
- Joachim Hotz (1934–1983), German art historian
- Johann Heinrich Hotz (1822–1883), lawyer and state archivist in Zurich
- Johann Konrad Hotz (1739–1799), known as Friedrich von Hotze, Austrian general of Swiss origin
- Jean Hotz (1890–1969), Swiss Minister and Director of the Commerce Department of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs
- Johannes Hotz (1734–1801), Swiss personal and surgeon, see Johannes Hotze
- Karl Hotz (1877–1941), civil engineer and assassination victim
- Kenny Hotz (* 1967), Canadian actor, photographer, screenwriter, producer and comedian
- Philipp Hotz (1884–1955), German construction technician and painter
- Sven Hotz (* 1929), Swiss entrepreneur and sports patron
- Theo Hotz (1928–2018), Swiss architect
- Walter Hotz (1912–1996), German art historian and pastor
literature
- Baden Dictionary , Volume II, page 778 f., Article Hotz I and Hotz II .
- Swabian Dictionary , Volume III, Column 1841, Article Hotze (n) .
- Rudolf Metz : Geological regional studies of the Hotzenwald . Moritz Schauenburg Verlag, Lahr / Schwarzwald 1980, ISBN 3-7946-0174-2 .
- Joseph Lukas Meyer : History of the Alemannic Landgraviate Alpgau or Hauenstein , 1821.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Everything after the Badische Dictionary, Volume II, page 778/79, under Hotz I .
- ↑ Badisches Dictionary, Volume II, page 779, under Hotz I .
- ↑ Joseph Merk: History of the origin, development and establishment of the Hauenstein unification in the Middle Ages. In: Year books of history and statecraft, Vol. 2. Ed. Karl Heinrich Ludwig Pölitz. Leipzig 1833, p. 154.
- ↑ M [ichael] R [ichard] Buck: Upper German Book of Field Names. An alphabetically arranged guide for friends of German language and cultural history, especially for educated foresters and farmers. Stuttgart 1880. 2nd edition, Bayreuth 1931.
- ^ Ernst Förstemann : Old German name book. 1st volume: personal names. 2nd, completely revised edition Hanstein's, Bonn 1900, p. 863.