Drangmeister is a German surname.
The name Drangmeister (less frequently used are the variants Drankmeister and Drangemeister) originates in the village of Endeholz ( Scharnhorst municipality), Celle (district), Lower Saxony. This name, originally a sobriquet, is one of the oldest surnames of the rural surrounding of Celle. [1]
In the beginning there was a unique namebearer (see image below: Drancmester, approx. 1350, Endeholz).
In its early meaning of 'potion master' ([Middle High German] Dranc, Tranc or [Middle Low German] Drang, Drank = potion [2]), the name stood for healer or manufacturer of medicinal beverages. [1]
The documentary first mention of the name – about 1389 – is found in Stuart Jenks. A plague pandemic in Europe, the so-called Black Death (approx. 1350), had caused the allocation of the name. [1]
Coming into use approximately in the year 1350 at the farmstead "Endeholz No. 6" the name Drangmeister had spread during the following 350 years as shown in the adjacent image – as far as namesakes could be determined for that period.
Even in 2011 there were about 75% of the approximately 350 known namesakes living within a circumradius of no more than 50 km (31 mi) length around the village of Endeholz. [3]
The founder of the Drangmeister population of the United States, a Drangmeister native of Scharnhorst (a neighboring village of Endeholz), immigrated in the year 1854. [1]
In historical documents these spellings are found: [1]
Today's namesakes bear the name in the following forms: [1]
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Drangmeister is a German surname.
The name Drangmeister (less frequently used are the variants Drankmeister and Drangemeister) originates in the village of Endeholz ( Scharnhorst municipality), Celle (district), Lower Saxony. This name, originally a sobriquet, is one of the oldest surnames of the rural surrounding of Celle. [1]
In the beginning there was a unique namebearer (see image below: Drancmester, approx. 1350, Endeholz).
In its early meaning of 'potion master' ([Middle High German] Dranc, Tranc or [Middle Low German] Drang, Drank = potion [2]), the name stood for healer or manufacturer of medicinal beverages. [1]
The documentary first mention of the name – about 1389 – is found in Stuart Jenks. A plague pandemic in Europe, the so-called Black Death (approx. 1350), had caused the allocation of the name. [1]
Coming into use approximately in the year 1350 at the farmstead "Endeholz No. 6" the name Drangmeister had spread during the following 350 years as shown in the adjacent image – as far as namesakes could be determined for that period.
Even in 2011 there were about 75% of the approximately 350 known namesakes living within a circumradius of no more than 50 km (31 mi) length around the village of Endeholz. [3]
The founder of the Drangmeister population of the United States, a Drangmeister native of Scharnhorst (a neighboring village of Endeholz), immigrated in the year 1854. [1]
In historical documents these spellings are found: [1]
Today's namesakes bear the name in the following forms: [1]
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