Gollwitzer
| Gollwitzer | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | "from Gollwitz[1]" (2 places in Brandenburg, and 1 in Mecklenburg) |
| Region of origin | originally northern Germany, then moved to Bavaria |
| Language(s) of origin | German (Slavic-origin toponym + -er) |
| Related names | ? |
Gollwitzer is the surname of:
- Friedrich Gollwitzer (1889, Bullenheim - 1977), German General
- Gerhard Gollwitzer (1906, Pappenheim - 1973), German artist, author[2]
- Georg Gollwitzer (1874, Kaiserslautern - 1941), German politician[3]
- Heinz Gollwitzer (1917, Nuremberg - 1999), German historian
- Helmut Gollwitzer (1908, Pappenheim - 1993), German Protestant theologian, author
- Karl Albert Gollwitzer (1839, Meringerau bei Augsburg (now Augsburg-Siebenbrunn) - 1917), architect of Augsburg[4]
- Leonhard Gollwitzer, 18th-century German sculptor of Bamberg[5]
- Michael Gollwitzer, false name of Heinrich "Heinz" (Otto) Seetzen (1906, Rüstringen-Wilhelmshaven - 1945)
- Peter M(ax). Gollwitzer (born 1950, Nabburg), a Professor of Psychology