Köler is a
German
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occupational surname, which means "
charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents. In the traditional version of this pyrolysis process, cal ...
burner", from the
Middle High German ''kol'' "(char)coal".
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Köhler
Köhler is a German surname, referring to a man making charcoal from wood.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 96.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Köhler'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:641) and 1.5% of Austria (1:4,238).
In ...
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Koeler and
Koler. Notable people with the surname include:
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Christoph Köler
Christoph Köler or (in Latin), Christophorus Colerus (1 December 1602 in Bunzlau, Fürstentum Schweidnitz-Jauer - 19 April 1658 in Breslau) was a German poet and writer. A student of Martin Opitz (1597–1637) and follower of his Baroque ...
(1602–1658), German writer
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David Köler David Köler, also Koler, Colerus (c. 1532 – 1565) was a German composer.
Life
Köler was born and died in Zwickau. He was educated in his native town and at the University of Ingolstadt. From 1554 he was probably Kantor in Schlaggenwald in Bo ...
(1532–1565), German composer
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Johann Köler
Johann Köler (8 March 1826 – 22 April 1899) was a leader of the Estonian national awakening and a painter. He is considered as the first professional painter of the emerging nation. He distinguished himself primarily by his portraiture and to ...
(1826–1899), Estonian painter
See also
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Koehl
Koehl, also transliterated Köhl, is an Upper German surname constituting a metaphonic variant of the Standard German surname Kohl, derived from the cognate word ''kohl'', meaning cabbage. It tends to originate as an occupational name for a cul ...
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German-language surnames
Surnames of German origin
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