Kretzschmar is a German surname. It comes from Middle High German ''kretschmar'', which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g.
Czech krčmář.
[ Other forms include ]Kretschmar Kretschmar is a German occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term Kretscham for village inn. It comes from Middle High German ''kretschmar'', which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech krčmář. Other f ...
, Kretschmer
Kretschmer is a German surname. It is an occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the word Kretscham, meaning village inn. It comes from the Middle High German word ''kretschmar'', which was borrowed from a Slavic language ...
, and Kreczmar (Polonized form).
Notable people with the surname include:
*Hermann Kretzschmar
August Ferdinand Hermann Kretzschmar (19 January 1848 – 10 May 1924) was a German musicologist and writer, and is considered a founder of hermeneutics in musical interpretation and study.
Life and career
Born in Olbernhau, Saxony, Kretz ...
(1848–1924), German musicologist and writer
* Jörg Kretzschmar (born 1964), German footballer
* Max Kretzschmar (born 1993), English footballer
*Stefan Kretzschmar
Stefan Kretzschmar (; born 17 February 1973, in Leipzig) is a retired professional German handball player. The son of Peter Kretzschmar, a legendary handball player and coach in the former GDR (East Germany) and Waltraud Kretzschmar, a former h ...
(born 1973), German handball player
*Waltraud Kretzschmar
Waltraud Kretzschmar ( Hermann then Czelake, 1 February 1948 in Kloster Lehnin – 7 February 2018) was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered ...
(1948–2018), East German handball player
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[{{cite web , url= http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/3455/1 , title= Kretschmar , last= Scheller , first= Andrea , work= Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands , year= 2020 ]
German-language surnames
Surnames of Slavic origin
Occupational surnames