Wollny

Wollny is a family name .

Origin and meaning

The family name Wollny is a Silesian name of Slavic origin meaning "free" .

Before 1945, the family name mainly occurred in Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today it is widespread throughout Germany.

Burkhard Wollny (* 1950), German railway photographer
Ewald Wollny (1846–1901), German agricultural scientist
Fritz Wollny (1891–1965), German politician (SPD / SED), director of the Brandenburg State Main Archives
Lieselotte Wollny (1926–2019), German civil rights activist and politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
Michael Wollny (* 1978), German jazz pianist
Peter Wollny (* 1961), German musicologist and Bach researcher
Rainer Wollny (* 1959), German sports scientist and university professor
Silvia Wollny (* 1965), German reality TV actress
Thomas Wollny (* 1952), German Major General of the Air Force and Chief of the Armed Forces Office

Die Wollnys , cast in the documentary soap Die Wollnys - An awfully big family

Hans Bahlow: Silesian name book . Published by the Historical Commission for Silesia . Vol. 3. Kitzingen a. M. 1953.