Telgen
Telgen , also Telge , is a German family name that is mainly common in northern Germany , but now occurs in southern Germany and especially in the Rhineland. The region of Emsland in Germany and the regions of Drenthe and Groningen in the Netherlands are believed to be the origin of the name.
Telgen is derived from the term “Telge”, which means something like “small tree, small oak, twig, oak branch, sapling, offspring but also child”. The profession of tree, more precisely oak breeder, is considered to be the reason for the name.
A Telge originally means a cutting of a tree or bush, which sprouts at a branch or branch fork and can be separated and used in the ground to plant new trees.
An alternative explanation for the origin of the name is the Helgen from shipbuilding. The first bow sections of a ship are already being assembled on the Helgen and the ship is being assembled until it is launched. In traditional launches, the Helgen (as a sledge) enters the water with the ship and has to be recovered later. The Helgen is also known as the slipway.
Well-known namesake
- Jan Telge (* 1952), Dutch economist and university professor
- Paul Telge (1846–1909), German artisan, court jeweler and court goldsmith of the Romanian royal couple Karl I and Elisabeth
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Gottschald , Rudolf Schützeichel : German onenology: our family names. De Gruyter, 1982, p. 489 [1]
- ^ Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher : German name book. Bonz, 1928, p. 253 [2]
- ↑ [3] GenWiki - website for name research. Retrieved November 7, 2018
- ↑ [4] Youtube article on shipbuilding. Retrieved November 7, 2018
- ↑ [5] Brockhaus - meaning of the term Helgen. Retrieved November 7, 2018