Klindworth
Klindworth is a family name that is common in northern Germany .
In Low German , the name says - just as Klee Worth, Kleinwort, Long Worth and Worth man - the Wurtenbauern in the marshland , which on a mound , settled, an increase in the terrain.
Spellings
- Klindwort
- Klindwordt
- Klindworth
- Klintwort
- Klintworth
- Klindtwort
- Klindtworth
Well-known namesake
- Carl August Klindworth (1791–1862), German mechanic, founder of a machine factory in Hanover, who built the first steam engine in the kingdom there
- Friedrich Klindworth (1818–1903), also: Justus Christian Friedrich Klindworth and Johann Friedrich Klindworth , German court printer and publisher, councilor and freemason
- Georg Klindworth (1798–1882), German diplomat and secret agent who was in the service of several European statesmen and princes.
- Johann Klindworth (politician) (1900–1976), German farmer and politician (CDU), MdL Lower Saxony
- Johann Andreas Klindworth (1742–1813), German mechanic and watchmaker
- Karl Klindworth (1830–1916), German composer and piano virtuoso
Facilities
Street names
- Klindworthsteig (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Grunewald district)
- Langeworth ( Münster children's home )