Oelfke
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Oelfke is a german surname and a plattdüttsch (low german) first name for boys.
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[edit] Origin and meaning
The name Oelfke, name of farmers from the "Hohe Heidmark" of the administrative district Soltau-Fallingbostel in Lower-Saxony, Germany traces back to Ol, Oel=Adel (nobility), Od=Besitz (property), like Oleff, Oloff, Odulleib, that's the one who has the life in sense of "being inheritor", simply expressed that's the one who owns the inheritance of farmer.[1] The farm's name "Oelfkenhof" in Oerbke is already traced to the "Celler Schatzregister" of 1438.[2]
A descendant of the Oelfke family immigrated to the area of Hamburg, Minnesota where thousands of his descendants now live.
Possible alternatives are Oelfken, Oelke, Oelkers.
[edit] May refer to:
[edit] Oelfke
- Monika Fornaçon, born Oelfke, German football referee
- Dr. Uwe Oelfke, German physicist
- Dorit Oelfke, German author
- Heinz Oelfke, German author
- Dr. Gregory K. Oelfke, U.S. scientist
- Brandi Oelfke Taylor, U.S. scientist
- Ilse Magdalene Engel Eggersglüß, born Oelfke, mother of the German regional writer Heinrich Eggersglüß
[edit] Oelfken
- Tami Oelfken (*1888; †1957), German author and schoolreformer
[edit] Oelke
- Brigitte Oelke, Swiss musician and actor
- Prof. Dr. Harry Oelke, German theologian
[edit] Oelkers
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Oelkers, Swiss historian
- Dr. Alan Brian Oelkers, U.S. scientist
- Claire Oelkers, singer of the german rock band Karpatenhund
[edit] Sources
- ^ Stuhlmacher, Hans: Die Heidmark. Louis Scheling, Walsrode 1939. Seite 354 (german)
- ^ Celler Schatzregister 1438 (german)
[edit] External links
- Oelfke - Wiki (german)
- Heinrich Eggersglüß (german))
