German Names from Nürnberg, 1497: Surnames
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German Names from Nürnberg, 1497: Locative Surnames

by Sara L. Uckelman
known in the SCA as Aryanhwy merch Catmael

© 2008, 2009 Sara L. Uckelman; all rights reserved
last updated 28Jan09

The forms listed 'feminine' were used by women only. Occasionally a vowel is superscripted over another vowel. I have used square brackets to indicate this. For example, Lo[e]sin indicates that the e is superscripted over the o.

'man from Ettenberg''man from Fraydenberg'
SurnameNumberNürnbergSurrounding
cities
Notes
Absperger5X'man from Absperg'
Achelperger1X'man from Achelperg'
Achelpperger1X'man from Achelpperger'
Adelberger2X'man from Adelberg'
Aeich1Xtop. 'oak'
Aich1Xtop. 'oak'
Aicher1X'man who lives by the oak'
Ambberger1X'man from Ambberg'
Amberger2X'man from Amberg'
Arensperger1X'man from Arensperg'
Appenzelle(r)1X'man from Appenzell'
Aschenburgerin2X'woman from Aschenburg'
Aspach1Xloc. from Asbach or Aspach
Bachman1X'man who lives by the brook'
Bambergerin1X'woman from Bamberg'
Baßler2X'man from Basel'
Baumgartner4X'man from Baumgart(en)'
Bayreuter1X'man from Bayreuth'
Bayreutter2X'man from Bayreuth'
Bayreutterin1X'woman from Beyreuth'
Begnitzerin1X'woman from Pegnitz (Bavaria)'
Behaim6Xtop. 'tree'
Behaimin1Xtop. 'tree'; feminine
Beham1Xtop. 'tree'
Bellinger1X'man from Belling'
Berchinger1X'man from Berching (Bavaria)'
Bernecker1X'man from Berneck'
Berneckerin1X'woman from Berneck'
Berne(r)1X'man from Bern'
Bernerin11'woman from Bern'
Bernstainer1X'man from Bernstain'
Betzinger1X'man from Betzing (Reutlingen)'
Bibergerin1X'woman from Biberg'
Bircknawer1X'man from Birkenhau, waldteil'
Bopffinger1X'man from Bopfingen (Württemberg)'
Botzinger1X'man from Botzingen (Freiburg)'
Braunawer2X'man from Braunau'
Braunberger1X'man from Braunberg'
Braunshofer1X'man from Braunshof'
Brockerin11'woman from by the brook'
Bruckner2X'man from Brucken or Bruggen', or top. 'bridge'
Buchner6X'man from Buchen'
Buheller1X'man from Bühl'
Buhelman1X'man from Bühl'
Buhler5X'man from Bühl'
Burgawer1X'man from Bergau (Swabia)'
Daucher2X'man from the moor, bog'
Daucherin1X'woman from the moor, bog'
Dein1Xtop. 'moist depression'
Deubner1X'man from Deuben'
Dobber1X'man from the swampy ground'
Dorner1X'man from Dorn, Dornau (Bavaria), or Dorna (Saxony, Thuringia)'
Ebersp(er)ger1X'man from Ebersberg'
Ebersperger514'man from Ebersberg'
Eberßp(er)g(er)1X'man from Ebersberg'
Ettenberger1X
Frawonbergerin1X'woman from Frawonberg'
Fraydenberger1X
Freyberg(er)1X'man from Freyberg'
Freyberger2X'man from Freyberg'
Gerner1X'man from Gern'
Gleissennberger1X'man from Gleissennberg'
Gleyssenberger1X'man from Gleyssenberg'
Grefenberger1X'man from Grefenberg'
Hawenberger1X'man from Hawenberg'
Heck2Xtop. 'hedge'
Hegenberge(r)1X'man from Hegenberg'
Hegenberger2X'man from Hegenberg'
Heg(e)ndorff(e)r1X'man from Hegendorff'
Heg(e)ndorff(er)1X'man from Hegendorff'
Heg(e)ndorffe(r)2X'man from Hegendorff'
Heg(e)ndorfferin1X'woman from Hegendorff'
Heidecker1X'man from Heideck'
Heling2Xloc. from Heling
Hell3Xtop. 'wild, precipitous area'
Helle(r)2X'man from a wild, precipitous area'
Heller2X'man from a wild, precipitous area'
Hennberger1X'man from Hennberg'
Hennenberger1X'man from Hennenberg'
Heroltsperger1X'man from Heroltsperg'
Hertenpergerin1X'woman from Hertenperg'
Herttenperger1X'man from Herttenperg'
Hirßperg(er)1X'man from Hirßperg
Hirßberger1X'man from Hirßberg'
Hoff1Xtop. 'farm'
Hoffer3X'man from the farm'
Hoffgart1X'man from Hoffgart'
Kallensperger1X'man from Kallensperg'
Kirchperger211'man from Kirchperg'
Koberger1X'man from Koberg'
Krafczhoffer1X'man from Kraftshofen' (Nürnberg)
Krafftzhofferin1X'woman from Kraftshofen' (Nürnberg)
Krafßhoffe(r)1X'man from Kraftshofen' (Nürnberg)
Kraftczhoffer1X'man from Kraftshofen' (Nürnberg)
Kronberger1X'man from Kronberg'
Kupffenberger1X'man from Kupffenberg'
Mainberger1X'man from Mainberg'
Mandberger1X'man from Mandberg'
Mersperger2X'man from Mersperg'
Müntzer1X'man from Müntz', near Jülich
Muntzerin1X'woman from Müntz', near Jülich
Opffelbecher1X'man from Opffelbech'
Ortin1X'woman who lives at the end (of a village or street)'
Ortman1X'man who lives at the end (of a village or street)'
Ortt3X'man who lives at the end (of a village or street)'
Oste(r)lein1X'man from the east'
Osterlein532'man from the east'
Osterma(n)1X'man from the east'
Osterman321'man from the east'
Ostermeni1X'man from the east'
Osterperger1X'man from Osterpger'
Osterreicher321'man from Austria'
Pach1Xprepended, top. 'stream'.
Paslerin1X'woman from Basle'
Passawer1X'man from Passow'
Paumgartner1X'man from Baumgart(en)'
Pawmgartne(r)1X'man from Baumgart(en)'
Rechberger2X'man from Rechberg'
Rechperg(er)1X'man from Rechperg'
Rechperger4X'man from Rechperg'
Rechpergerin1X'woman from Rechperg'
vom Hag1X
vom Rein1X
vom Sandt1X
vom Stain2X
von Ach321
von Allerstetten1X
von Auffses1X
von Augspurg1X
von Aych1X
von Bappenhaim1X
von Bayerstorff1X
von Berneck1X
von Breßla1X
von Bruck1X
von Brugk1X
von der Ron1X
von Dryer1X
von Eybach1X
von Eystet1X
von Eystett2X
von Foll1X
von Furt1X
von Gleich(e)n1X
von Gmund1X
von Gredin1X
von Haßlach1X
von Hilperhawsen1X
von Kreussen1X
vo(n) Kreuß(e)n1X
von Leypzin1X
von Locham1X
von Memingen1X
von Mospach1X
von Munchen1X
von Munchperg1X
vo(n) Neynmarck1X
von Off(en)1X
von Otting1X
von Passaw1X'from Passow'
von Pegnicz1X
von Reichenhall1X
von Reutlingen1X
von Rottemburg1X
von Schwabach1X
von Sigen1X
von Speir1X
von Strospurck1X
von Tabenstat1X
von Tolstat1X
von Tubingen1X
von Wallenfels1X
von Wangen1X
von Watt1X
von Werd1X
von Wisenstain1X
Willenperger1X'man from Willen Mountain', in Katzbach Valley
Wirtembergerin1X'woman from Württemberg'
Wirtenbergerin1X'woman from Württemberg'
Wyner1X'man from Vienna'
Zirler3X'man from Zirl', near Innsbruck, or 'man from Zirlow', near Schweidnitz
zu Far(r)npach1X
Zwingel6Xtop. 'citadel'
Zwingell1Xtop. 'citadel'
Zwingl1Xtop. 'citadel'
Zwyngel1Xtop. 'citadel'

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Source:

Fleischmann, Peter, Reichssteuerregister von 1497 der Reichsstadt Nürnberg (und der Reichspflege Weissenburg), (Nürnberg: Gesellschaft für Familienforschung in Franken, 1993.)

The original article can be found at: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/german/surnamesnurnloc.html