Ekkehard (and Eckardt, Eckard, Eckart, Eckhardt, Ekkehart) is a German given name. It is composed of the elements ''ekke'' "edge, blade; sword" and ''hart'' "brave; hardy". Variant forms include Eckard, Eckhard, Eckhart,

Eckart Eckart is a German surname, and may refer to: * Anselm Eckart (1721–1809), German Jesuit missionary * Carl Eckart * Dennis E. Eckart (born 1950), American lawyer, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923) ...

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form of the name was ''Ecgheard'', possibly attested in the toponym Eggerton.

Middle Ages

It was the name of five monks of the

Abbey of Saint Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...

from the tenth to the thirteenth century: *

Ekkehard I Ekkehard I ( la, Eccehardus; died 14 January 973), called ''Major'' or ''Senex'' (the Elder), was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He was of noble birth, of the Jonschwyl family in Toggenburg, and was educated in the monastery of St. Gall; afte ...

(died 973) *

Ekkehard II Ekkehard II (died 23 April 990), called ''Palatinus'' ("the Courtier"), was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall who became known for his sequence poetry. Life Ekkehard was probably born in the Saint Gall area; he and his cousin Ekkehard III were ...

(died 990) *

Ekkehard III Ekkehard III was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall and a nephew of Ekkehard I and a cousin of Ekkehard II Ekkehard II (died 23 April 990), called ''Palatinus'' ("the Courtier"), was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall who became known for his sequen ...

Ekkehard IV Ekkehard IV ( 980 – c. 1056) was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall and the author of the ''Casus sancti Galli'' and ''Liber Benedictionum''. Life According to the testimony in his "Chronicle" (especially in view of his statement that he had heard ...

(died c. 1056) *

Ekkehard V Ekkehard V (died c. 1220), called ''Minimus'' (the Least), was a monk of the Abbey of Saint Gall. He is the last of the Saint Gall Ekkehards, and flourished towards the end of the twelfth, and the beginning of the thirteenth, century. No particulars ...

(died c. 1220) It was also the name of two

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: * Eckard I (died 1002) * Eckard II (died 1046) Other notable people with that given name include: * Ekkehard of Huysburg (died 1084), abbot of Huysburg Abbey * Ekkehard of Aura (died 1126), chronicler and abbot of Aura Abbey *

Meister Eckhart Eckhart von Hochheim ( – ), commonly known as Meister Eckhart, Master Eckhart, 1878 opera by Johann Joseph Abert inspired by Ekkehard II of Saint Gall {{given name German masculine given names