Kottmeier
Kottmeier or Kottmeyer is a German family name that can most likely be traced back to the composition of the nouns Kotten and Meier and thus refers to smallholder descent.
distribution
In Germany there are about 357 people with this name who live in 48 cities and counties . Most connections are registered in Minden-Lübbecke (32). Other districts / cities with a particularly large number of namesake are Herford (15), Hamburg (6) and Munich (5). In addition, the name variant Kottmeyer exists with around 82 namesake in 13 cities and districts, which are mainly registered in Gütersloh (11), Minden-Lübbecke (6) and Herford (2). The mainly Westphalian origin of the surname can still be traced from these dates.
family
The majority of the name Kottmeier can be traced back to the agreement of Johann Adolph Kottmeyer (1696–1782) from Holsen (Hüllhorst) . His secured descendants with the family name Kottmeier include the following people:
- Adolph Georg Kottmeier (1768–1842), German theologian, cathedral preacher at Bremen Cathedral
- Adolf Kottmeier (1822–1905), German theologian and founder of the Rotenburg Works of the Inner Mission
- Hermann Kottmeier (1855–1927), first head of office of Ober-Schöneweide and head forester in Köpenick , namesake of Kottmeierstrasse (Berlin-Oberschöneweide)
- Elisabeth Kottmeier (1902–1983), German writer and translator of Ukrainian and Russian literature
- Klaus Kottmeier (* 1933), head of the German specialist publisher (dfv)
- Catharina Kottmeier (* 1967), German actress and radio play speaker
More name bearers
- Maria Kottmeier (* 20th century), former German child actress
Street name
Kottmeierstrasse can be found four times in Germany . The streets in Buxtehude and Rotenburg are named after Adolf Kottmeier (1822–1905), the streets in Berlin and Potsdam after the forester Hermann Kottmeier (1855–1927).
Others
The Kottmeier Mesa is a table mountain in the Asgard Range of the East Antarctic Victoria Land .
literature
- Irmgard Kottmeier: Adolph Georg Kottmeier (1768–1842), cathedral preacher in Bremen: his ancestors and descendants. Degener, Insingen 1984.
- Friedrich Ebeling: The chronicle of the families Bückmann and Kottmeier. Kottmeier family association, Bremen 1970.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Irmgard Kottmeier: Adolph Georg Kottmeier (1768–1842), cathedral preacher in Bremen: his ancestors and descendants. Degener, Insingen 1984. pp. 15-20.
- ↑ Distribution of the name "Kottmeier" in Germany - verwandt.de. In: www.verwandt.de. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Distribution of the name "Kottmeyer" in Germany - verwandt.de. In: www.verwandt.de. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .