Windisch (family name)
Windisch is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Until the 19th century, Slavs , Slovenes , Sorbs or Wends were referred to as Windische in the German-speaking area . The surname thus indicates the Slavic descent of the wearer.
See also: Windisch (Slovenian) as a name for the Slovenian language.
Name bearer
- Albert Windisch (1878–1967), German painter, academy professor and typographer
- Alfred I. zu Windisch-Graetz (1787–1862), Austrian field marshal
- Alfred II zu Windisch-Grätz (1819–1876), general in the Austrian army
- Alfred III. zu Windisch-Grätz (1851–1927), Austrian politician
- Alois Windisch (1892–1958), Austrian officer
- Bernd Windisch (* 1980), Austrian soccer player
- Dominik Windisch (* 1989), Italian biathlete
- Elke Windisch (* 1951), German journalist
- Ernst Windisch (linguist) (1844–1918), German linguist
- Ernst Windisch (judge) (1922–2011), German lawyer and judge
- Franz Windisch (* 1957), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Franziska Windisch (* 1983), German artist
- Friedrich Karl Windisch ( Fritz Fridolin Windisch ; 1895–1961), German music theorist and composer as well as biochemist, head of the “Institute for Brewing and Malting” and university professor
- Günther Windisch (* 1946), German mathematician
- Günther Tschif Windisch (1943–2017), Austrian mechanical engineer and writer
- Hans Windisch (theologian) (1881–1935), German theologian
- Hans Windisch (photographer) (1891–1965), German photographer, graphic artist and illustrator
- Harald Windisch (* 1966), Austrian actor
- Helmut Windisch (1925–2011), German author, director and artistic director
- Hubert Windisch (* 1949), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- Ignaz Windisch (1736–1783), Jesuit, missionary in Mexico, professor at the University of Bamberg
- Johann Windisch (soccer player) (* 1941), Austrian soccer player and coach
- Johann Christoph Windisch (1657–1728), German teacher, organist and sculptor
- Johann Gottlieb Windisch (1689–1732), German physician
- Joseph Windisch (1884–1968), German major general and general in the field army supply force
- Julius Windisch , German jazz pianist and band leader
- Karl Windisch (1868–1927), German professor of organic chemistry and agricultural technology
- Karl Gottlieb von Windisch (1725–1793), Mayor of Pressburg, historian, writer
- Konrad Windisch (* 1932), Austrian writer, publicist and right-wing extremist
- Konrad Windisch (musician) (* 1959), called Bones , Austrian blues musician
- Ludwig Windisch (musical instrument maker) (1852–1941), Austrian-Yugoslav musical instrument maker
- Ludwig Windisch (singer) (1908 – after 1944), German singer (bass)
- Markus Windisch (* 1984), Italian biathlete
- Max Windisch (1872–1942), German Kapellmeister, conductor and musician
- Nikolaus Windisch-Spoerk (* before 1955), Austrian director and university professor for role design
- Otto Windisch (1866–1935), German musical instrument manufacturer
- Paulo Günter Windisch (* 1948), Brazilian botanist
- Rudolf Windisch (1897–1918), German fighter pilot
- Rudolf Windisch (Linguist) (* 1940), German linguist and university professor
- Sigmund Windisch (1709–1787), sculptor and carpenter
- Siegfried Windisch (1913–2000), German microbiologist and fermentation chemist
- Theodor Windisch (1880–1932), Hessian politician (DDP)
- Thomas Windisch (1914–2005), German composer and artist
- Uta Windisch (* 1949), Saxon politician (CDU) and member of the Saxon state parliament
- Veronika Windisch (* 1982), Austrian short tracker
- Walter Windisch (1924–2011), German fighter pilot and general in the Bundeswehr
- Walter Windisch-Laube (* 1958), German musician, musicologist and music teacher
- Wilhelm Windisch (brewing scientist) (1860–1944), German brewing scientist and university professor
- Wilhelm Windisch (agricultural scientist) (* 1958), German agricultural scientist and university lecturer for animal nutrition
- Wolfgang Windisch (* 1953), German drummer, composer and cultural advisor
- Wolfram Windisch (* 1969), German physician and pulmonologist
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1972 ( Suhrkamp-Taschenbücher 65).