Kretschmer
Kretschmer or Kretzschmer is a German family name. It is derived from a West Slavic word for "innkeeper" ( Sorbian korčmar , Czech krčmář ) and has been in German since the 14th century.
In Silesian history, the Kretschmer was a pub brewer who sold the beers he had brewed in his own tavern. As the owner of the brewery, he often held the function of the community leader.
The name is common in general, but has high concentrations especially in the Saxon Upper Lusatia , the area of origin of the name variant.
Name bearer
- Albert Kretschmer (1825-1891), German painter
- Alfred Kretschmer (1894–1967), German lieutenant general
- Andreas Kretzschmer (1775–1839), German composer and folk song researcher
- Anna Kretschmer (* 1955), German Slavist
- Annelise Kretschmer (1903–1987), German photographer
- Beatriz Kretschmer (* 1928), Chilean sprinter and long jumper
- Bernhard Kretschmer (* 1965), German legal scholar
- Bernd Kretschmer (* 1941), German physicist
- Birte Kretschmer (* 1970), German actress and radio play speaker
- Carola Kretschmer (born Thomas Kretschmer; * 1948), German rock guitarist
- Cleo Kretschmer (actually Ingeborg Maria Kretschmer; * 1951), German actress, screenwriter and novelist
- Edmund Kretschmer (1830–1908), German composer and organist
- Emma Kretschmer (1895–1960), German teacher and kindergarten teacher
- Ernst Kretschmer (1888–1964), German psychiatrist
- Finn Kretschmer (* 1994), German handball player
- Franz Kretschmer (1848–1921), Austrian geologist
- Gero Kretschmer (* 1985), German tennis player
- Guido Maria Kretschmer (* 1965), German fashion designer
- Gunild Lattmann-Kretschmer (* 1936), German director and politician (SED / PDS)
- Günther Kretschmer (* 1928), German jazz and entertainment musician
- Hans Kretschmer (1887–1976), German publisher
- Hans-Jürgen Kretschmer (* 1955), German lawyer, judge at the Federal Social Court
- Hermann Kretzschmer (1811–1890), German painter
- Holger Kretschmer (* 1966), German handball player and coach
- Horst-Peter Kretschmer (1955–2015), German ice hockey player
- Ingrid Kretschmer (1939–2011), Austrian cartographer
- Jürgen Kretschmer (* 1947), German canoeist
- Karl-Heinz Kretschmer (* 1948), German engineer and politician (CDU)
- Konrad Kretschmer (1864–1945), German geographer
- Michael Kretschmer (police officer) (* 1962), German police officer
- Michael Kretschmer (* 1975), German politician (CDU), Saxon Prime Minister
- Nils Kretschmer (* 1993), German handball player
- Otto Kretschmer (naval officer) (1912–1998), German submarine commander, most recently flotilla admiral of the German Navy
- Otto Kretschmer (politician) (1940-2004), German politician (SPD)
- Paul Kretschmer (linguist) (1866–1956), German linguist
- Paul Kretschmer (Mayor) (1910–1999), German politician (SPD)
- Peter Kretschmer (food technologist) (1938–2017), German food technologist and inventor
- Peter Kretschmer (badminton) , German badminton player
- Peter Kretschmer (canoeist) (* 1992), German canoeist
- Robert Kretschmer (1818–1872), German painter and draftsman
- Roman Kretschmer , German radio play and voice actor
- Ronny Kretschmer (* 1975), German politician (PDS, Die Linke)
- Stephan Kretschmer (* 1949), German military attaché and officer in the Bundeswehr
- Sven Kretschmer (* 1970), German soccer player
- Theodor Kretschmer (1901–1986), German major general in World War II
- Thomas Kretschmer , birth name of Carola Kretschmer (* 1948), German guitarist
- Thomas Kretschmer (politician) (* 1954), German politician (CDU)
- Thomas Kretschmer (civil rights activist) (* 1955), German civil rights activist and political prisoner in the GDR
- Wilhelm Kretschmer (1806–1897), German draftsman, painter and lithographer
See also
literature
- Rita Heuser, Jessica Nowak: Where does my name come from? 33, Rheinpfalz March 17, 2007.
- Karl Fr. Kretschmer: Memories of the Kretschmer guild and the Schweidnitzer cellar in Breslau. In: GGB Yearbook 1979: Berlin 1978 pp. 123-134
Web links
Wiktionary: Kretschmer - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
