Springborn (family name)

Depiction of a medieval fountain, 14th century

Springborn is a family name of northern German origin.

Origin and meaning

The name Springborn goes back to the place where the first name bearer lived, which was located near a Springborn, i.e. H. lived in a spring or a well ( mnd. sprink = 'source', mnd. born = 'fountain'). The name originated in the Low German- speaking area, which reflects its current distribution in Germany. A derivation of the name from the place Springborn in East Prussia is unlikely, since the surname was not represented in relevant numbers before 1945 and thus before the flight and expulsion of the Germans east of Oder and Neisse, neither in West nor East Prussia, nor outside the Szczecin area in Western Pomerania was. Rather, both the East Prussian place and the surname go back to the same meaning.

distribution

Germany

As measured by the German telephone directory of December 31, 2002, Springborn is a mediocre family name in Germany (228 telephone directory entries). Most of those named after them live in North Rhine-Westphalia , followed by Berlin and Brandenburg . In terms of the low population density, the proportion is particularly high in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . If one looks at the surname Springborn on distribution maps and selects the relative frequency, which includes the population density, it is noticeable that the majority of the name bearers are distributed in the Uckermark district in Brandenburg and, to a lesser extent, in its neighboring districts: the former Mecklenburg districts -Strelitz and Uecker-Randow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the districts of Oberhavel , Barnim and Märkisch-Oderland in Brandenburg. This accumulation can be an indication of the origin of the surname. However, the family name does not have to go back to a single origin. Theoretically, several families with the same name can also have arisen parallel to one another, which only have the meaning of the name in common.

United States

In the course of the emigration of German families and individuals to the USA, the family name Springborn spread there in certain federal states. There are v. a. States that are located on the Great Lakes in the north of the United States. Most of the Springborns live in Wisconsin , followed by Michigan , Illinois , Minnesota, and Ohio . In all other states, the number of namesake is very low.

variants

• Springhorn (DE)
• Sprinkborn (DE)
• Sprinckborn (DE)
• Sprengborn (USA)
• Springbohrn (USA)
• Springborne (USA)
• Springbourn (USA)
• Springbourne (USA)
• Springburn (USA)

Well-known namesake

• Arnold Springborn, author of the National Socialist inflammatory pamphlet About lies and corpses for the Empire. England's bloody road to world power. (1942)
• Beatrice Rose Donath Springborn (* 1975), American film producer
• Boris AM Springborn (* 1971), German mathematician with a focus on differential geometry
• Erich von Springborn (1864–1932), German chemist, had a patent in 1919: a process and device for processing peat into an anhydrous product with high calorific values
• Hermann Springborn (1905–1964), German painter
• Katinka Springborn (* 1971), German actress
• Matthias Springborn, German engineer, member of the board of directors of EOTA , as well as vice-president and chairman of the technical commission of UEAtc
• Michael Springborn, American resource and environmental economist
• Nils Springborn (* 1989), German politician (SPD)
• Norbert Springborn (* 1945), German trade unionist, SPD politician and former member of the Hamburg Parliament
• Otto Springborn (1890–1944), German locksmith and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
• Radina Springborn, German painter
• Robert Carl Springborn, American chemist and u. a. Founder of the Springborn Fellowship of the SMFU Boston and the Springborn Postdoctoral Fellowships of the University of Illinois
• Rudolf Springborn (1867–1928), first pastor of the Bugenhagen community in Szczecin
• Torben Springborn (* 1990), German martial artist and Youtuber
• William J. Springborn (1866–1942), American local politician ( Republican ) from Cleveland

See also

• Born (family name)
• Spring (source)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim (ed.): Duden. Lexicon of surnames. Origin and meaning of 20,000 surnames . Mannheim 2008, p. 579.
2. ↑ Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim (ed.): Duden. Lexicon of surnames. Origin and meaning of 20,000 surnames . Mannheim 2008, p. 130.
3. ↑ http://www.americansurnames.us/surname/SPRINGBORN
4. ↑ [1]
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ http://www.bchalloffame.com/womens/beatrice-springborn-2/#
7. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/fashion/weddings/beatrice-springborn-jacob-seidler-weddings.html?_r=0
8. ↑ ma.tum.de ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ matheon.de
10. ↑ http://www.google.com/patents/DE347361C?cl=de
11. ↑ http://delibra.bg.polsl.pl/Content/17969/P-52_1922-2_Nr4.pdf - PDF, p. 17
12. ↑ sauerlaender-heimatbund.de ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ katinkaspringborn.de
14. ↑ https://www.beuth.de/de/referent/dipl-ing-matthias-springborn/autoren:din21:117811292
15. ↑ http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Springborn/
16. ↑ Springbornstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
17. ↑ Otto Spring Born in honor directory of Luisenstädtischer Education Association
18. ↑ stadtkuenstler.de
19. ↑ http://www.smfa.edu/springborn-fellowship
20. ↑ http://www.las.illinois.edu/giving/gifts/springborn/
21. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
22. ↑ http://www.webcemeteries.com/tributes/default.asp?id=1494755#  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.