Rodenburg (family name)

Rodenburg is a family name.

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The family name Rodenburg is mostly common in the Netherlands. The oldest written mention of the name comes from 1296 and mentions a blacksmith of the same name in Bremen .

distribution

A few hundred years ago, councilors and mayors were already bearers of this name in Hamburg .

In Riga in the year was 1646 , a Johann Rodenburg fortress builder and became a Swedish noble title.

Today you can find bearers of this name especially north of Bremen in the Teufelsmoor, but also in Bremen itself. The name is still widespread in the bog villages of Grasberg, Grasdorf etc.

Spelling & Variants

The spelling of the name varies greatly:

• Rodenburg
• Rohdenburg
• Rotenburg
• Rothenburg
• Rottenburg

Regionalia & Internationalia

Several places with the name Rotenburg are known in Germany . Of course, an origin or ancestral country cannot be derived from this. There is also a place in Luxembourg called Rodenburg.

people

• Carl Rodenburg (1894–1992), German lieutenant general