Wappäus
The name Wappaus comes from Platenlaase in Wendland , where it has been found since at least 1400.
The spelling Wappäus was introduced by the Hamburg progenitor, shipowner and businessman Georg Heinrich Wappäus .
Wappaus or Wappäus is the name of
- Carl Wappaus (???), German composer
- Adolph Heinrich Wappäus (1814–1904), businessman and owner of the AH Wappäus company (1857–1904)
- Georg Heinrich Wappäus (1776–1836), merchant shipowner and owner of the GH Wappäus company (1805–1836)
- Johann Eduard Wappäus (1812–1879), German geographer and statistician
