Kleimenhagen

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Kleimenhagen is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

Kleimenhagen is from glymes and Hayn compound name. This combination of words was formed at the beginning of the early modern period to form the names Gliemenhayn and Gleimenhain and was a connection between the nobility, although the name of the Hessian city dates back to the Middle Ages. The origin lies in the Thuringian city of Schmalkalden and in Hesse in the area of ​​the Vogelsbergkreis . After the Thirty Years' War , the family dropped the title of nobility.

literature

  • Naumann, Horst: The big book of family names: age, origin, meaning; Niedernhausen 1999.