Cake book
Kuchenbuch is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
The name "Kuchenbuch" (different spelling: "Kugenbuch") comes like all localities on "-buch" ("Schönbuch", "Weilimbuch" or simply "Buch" and "Buchen") from a wooded hill (= "book") , often occupied by a castle or a courtyard. “Book” emphasizes the forest cover on the hill or mountain.
The formation of “kuchen” or “kugen” also alludes to a hill, but emphasizes the shape (outstanding elevation). Here, too, there are still verifiable place names with the wording “Kuchen”, as well as mountain names in combination with “-kuchen”, e.g. B. the "Kuchenspitze" in Austria . Other formations with "-kogel" or "-kugen" must also be proven.
The name “Kuchenbuch” or “Kugenbuch” has been on record at least since the end of the Middle Ages. Even today it occurs increasingly in Eichsfeld in Thuringia and probably has its origin there (in the vicinity of Heiligenstadt ). The most plausible name interpretation is provided by Bruno Günther, according to which the beeches on the mountain or “Kogel” gave the property its name: “The first name bearer will have got its name from such a conspicuous beech that stood next to his house or on his property. “Günther traces the line“ K. ”completely back to 1500 on the basis of church registers and tax lists (at that time wealthy farmers and partly Schultheißen in Eichsfeld). For the time before and the question of how the "K." s came to their possession, church registers are no longer accessible as a source due to the change of denomination and must be replaced by other sources.
Günther also rejects other interpretations (e.g. "cake book" as a nickname). Parallel name formations (e.g. the families “ Kuchenreuther ” or “ Kuchendorff ”, sd) as well as etymological derivations prove him right.
distribution
It is estimated that there are around 722 people with the name Kuchenbuch in Germany.
Well-known namesake
- Albrecht Rudolf Paul Kuchenbuch (1867–1938), German entrepreneur
- Christian Kuchenbuch (* 1964), German theater, film and television actor
- Ernst Kuchenbuch (1858–1902), German shipping director and tourism initiator, father of Eugen Herbert Kuchenbuch
- Eugen Herbert Kuchenbuch (1890–1985), German professor of acting, actor, artistic director, writer, son of Ernst Kuchenbuch
- Franz Kuchenbuch (called Franz Kuchenbuch II) (1812–1896), German lawyer, painter, collector and historical researcher
- Franz Kuchenbuch, called Franz Kuchenbuch III (1863–1944), German commercial council and local researcher
- Freidank Kuchenbuch (1910–1942), German prehistorian
- Johann Heinrich Kuchenbuch (1728–1804), German theology professor and university rector
- Ludolf Kuchenbuch (* 1939), German historian and jazz musician
- Ralf Kuchenbuch (* 1971), German lawyer and book author
- Robert Kuchenbuch (* 1967), German theater, film and television actor
- Rolf O. Kuchenbuch , German agricultural scientist at the University of Rostock a. Director of LUFA Rostock
- Roland Kuchenbuch (* 1943), German theater, film and television actor
- Thomas Kuchenbuch-Henneberg (* 1940), German media scientist and filmmaker
literature
- Bruno Günther: History of the Kuchenbuch family . undated, undated (Adorf 1934/35, Magdeburg State Archives).
- Friedrich Kluge : Etymological dictionary of the German language . Berlin 1967 a. further editions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Bruno Günther: History of the Kuchenbuch family. undated, undated (Adorf 1934/35, Magdeburg State Archives).
- ^ Kluge, Friedrich: Etymological dictionary of the German language. Berlin 1967 a. further editions.
- ↑ cake book at verwandt.de