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

1. ^ Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1972 ( Suhrkamp-Taschenbücher 65).