Schweminski

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Schweminski (variants: Schweminski / Schweminska, Sweminski / Sweminska) is a German-Polish family name that developed from the German family name Schwemin. It is an origin name which refers to the place Schwemmin (Polish: Świemino) near Köslin in Pomerania , from which the Schwemins came. The later Schweminskis, on the other hand, are their descendants from the Koschneiderei in West Prussia.

history

At the beginning of the 18th century, families in the villages of koschneiderei , which " distinguished themselves through ownership and education", had the Polish suffix -ski appended to their surname, which resulted in the surname Schweminski being developed. Schweminski schoolchildren marry with one another and, in addition to schoolchildren from the German Koschneiderei villages, also with Schulzen families in the surrounding Polish villages, where the name variants Szweminski and Szweminska developed. Less well-off Schwemin families retained the original name form Schwemin, Szwemin or Swemyn.

Name variants

In the area of ​​German-speaking koschneiderei , the Schweminski variant of the name was predominantly found for both sexes. In the Polish-speaking area, there were later also the gender-specific variants Swemiński and Swemińska:

Language variants German Polish
male Schweminski Szweminski, Szwemiński
Female Schweminski Szweminska, Szwemińska

The names also varied depending on the pastor who made the respective church book entry and, in the course of history, also according to the political affiliation of the German-speaking Koschneiderei to Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Prussia / Free State of Prussia, Republic of Poland or the German Empire. The vicar of Osterwick and later pastor of Lichnau, Schulz's son Jacob Szwemiński, also Schweminski or - without the Polish diacritical mark "´" - Szweminski was written for example.

Name spread

In Germany as of 2008 there were around 50 people with the surname Schweminski in Germany and around five people with the Polish name variant Szweminski, in Poland around six people with the surname Szweminski, all of whom were in the area of ​​the former koschneiderei and a little to the west of it lived and about seven people named Szweminska in the wider area of ​​the former koschneiderei as well as about seven people with the surname Schweminski in Mexico (descendants of a Lübeck Schweminski who emigrated to Mexico), as of 2011.

country approximate

number

Germany 50
Switzerland 0
Austria unknown
Poland 13
Mexico 7th
United States unknown
worldwide > 70

Number of living people with variants of
the surname Schweminski by country

Coat of arms of the Schweminskis

A silver horseshoe on a blue coat of arms, with a golden cavalier cross at the top and at the two lower ends. Crest ornament: an eagle's wing shot through from left to right with a gold-silver arrow, whereby, according to the rules of heraldic coloring, the two different metal colors of the arrow are separated by the brown wing in the middle.

Well-known namesake

  • Jenny Schweminski (born March 15, 1859 in Poznan; † after 1934), Berlin painter
  • Johann Schweminski (1812–1878), author of materials on the history of German dialects and professor at the Mariengymnasium in Posen

References

Web links

literature

  • Johann Schweminski : Materials on the history of German dialects
  • Paul Panske : Personal identification for the Koschnaewjerdörfer from 1651 to 1702, Posen 1938 (series of publications on German kin research in Poland, new series, issue 3)
  • Paul Panske , canon and canon von Peplin: families of the Koschnaewjerdörfer in the 18th century, 1932
  • Josef Rink, Danzig: Sources and presentation on the history of West Prussia. The history of koschneiderei. Their population in 1772 and late 1919
  • Emilian von Źernicki-Szeliga : The Polish aristocracy and the aristocratic families from other countries who joined the same, General Directory, Henri Grand, Hamburg 1900

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Panske, Paul: Families of Koschnaewjerdörfer in the eighteenth century in: German Scientific Journal for Poland, Issue 20, Posen 1930, p. 61 f.
  2. ^ Rink, Joseph: Sources and representations of West Prussia, No. 16 - The history of Koschneiderei, reprint, Danzig 1932, Münster 2001
  3. ↑ a b c Rink, Joseph: Die Geschichte der Koschneiderei - history and population in: Westpreußischer Geschichtsverein [ed.]: Sources and representations West Prussia, No. 16, Danzig 1932, p. 98
  4. ^ Baptisms in Osterwick from 1800 on PTG Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne
  5. ↑ Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Schweminski' in Germany 2008
  6. ↑ Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Szweminski' in Germany 2008
  7. ↑ a b Statystyka: Liczby do nazwiska 'Szweminska'
  8. ↑ Map of the name on verwandt.de, 2008
  9. ^ Karl Schweminski: Coat of arms of the Schweminski family in: The Hamburg Schweminskis