Ohlhausen is a German surname. The name has several variations but the origins are one of the oldest in Europe and can be traced to 186CE to its first mention in the Franco-Roman Census found near Jagsthausen. The ancient hamlet of

Olnhausen, Germany Olnhausen (alternative name: Ohlhausen; historical variants: Olnhausen, Ohlhausen, Olhausen, Ohlhaussen, Ahlhausen, Aalhausen, Aalhaus) is a village in Baden-Wurttemberg with an area of 4.57 km2, in the district of Heilbronn, near Ja ...

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Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Mid ...

is still in existence. The name's meaning is 'house of eel'. Several Ohlhausen family crests bear a house and eels. Ael/ahl/ohl are all Germanic etymological variations of the English word "eel". Variations of the name: Olnhausen, Ohlhausen, Olhausen, Aelhausen, etc.

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Henrich von Olnhausen Henrich is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adam Henrich (born 1984), Canadian former ice hockey player * Allison Henrich (born 1980), American mathematician * Bernhard Henrich, set decorator * Bobby ...

-Knights Templar of the Crusades, conferred the Order of the Golden Spur in 1388 at Jerusalem *

Mary Phinney von Olnhausen Mary Phinney von Olnhausen (1818–1902) was an American nurse, abolitionist, and diarist. Historians look to the book extracted from her diaries -- ''" Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars"'' to understand the medical techniques of the Civil W ...

(1818–1902) Civil War Nurse, whose exploits during the American Civil War were chronicled in "Adventures of an Army Nurse in Two Wars: Baroness von Olnhausen"-by Mary Phinney, 1903 *

Maureen Ohlhausen Maureen Kraemer Ohlhausen (born April 5, 1962) is an American lawyer who is a former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, a position she held from April 4, 2012, to September 25, 2018. On January 26, 2017, President Donald Trump desig ...

-Attorney, Federal Trade Commissioner appointed by Barack Obama

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