is a German surname and a Low German (Plattdüütsch) masculine given name.
The name Oelfke, name of farmers from the "Hohe Heidmark" of the administrative district Heidekreis in Lower-Saxony, Germany traces back to Ol, Oel=Adel ( nobility), Od=Besitz ( property), like Oleff, Oloff, Odulleib, that's the one who has the life in sense of "being inheritor", simply expressed that's the one who owns the inheritance of farmer. [1] The farm's name "Oelfkenhof" in Oerbke is already traced to the "Celler Schatzregister" of 1438. [2]
A descendant of the Oelfke family immigrated to the area of Hamburg, Minnesota where thousands of his descendants now live.
- Heinz Oelfke (born 1934), German author
- Monika Fornaçon, born Oelfke (born 1964), German football referee
- Tami Oelfken (1888–1957), German author and school reformer
- Brigitte Oelke (born 1975), Swiss musician and actor
- Jürgen Oelke (born 1940), German rowing coxswain
- Bryan Oelkers (born 1961), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Claire Oelkers (born 1985), singer of the German rock band Karpatenhund
- Olga Oelkers (1887–1969), German fencer
- ^ Stuhlmacher, Hans (1939) Die Heidmark. Louis Scheling, Walsrode. p. 354 (German)
- ^ Celler Schatzregister 1438 (German)
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is a German surname and a Low German (Plattdüütsch) masculine given name.
The name Oelfke, name of farmers from the "Hohe Heidmark" of the administrative district Heidekreis in Lower-Saxony, Germany traces back to Ol, Oel=Adel ( nobility), Od=Besitz ( property), like Oleff, Oloff, Odulleib, that's the one who has the life in sense of "being inheritor", simply expressed that's the one who owns the inheritance of farmer. [1] The farm's name "Oelfkenhof" in Oerbke is already traced to the "Celler Schatzregister" of 1438. [2]
A descendant of the Oelfke family immigrated to the area of Hamburg, Minnesota where thousands of his descendants now live.
- Heinz Oelfke (born 1934), German author
- Monika Fornaçon, born Oelfke (born 1964), German football referee
- Tami Oelfken (1888–1957), German author and school reformer
- Brigitte Oelke (born 1975), Swiss musician and actor
- Jürgen Oelke (born 1940), German rowing coxswain
- Bryan Oelkers (born 1961), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Claire Oelkers (born 1985), singer of the German rock band Karpatenhund
- Olga Oelkers (1887–1969), German fencer
- ^ Stuhlmacher, Hans (1939) Die Heidmark. Louis Scheling, Walsrode. p. 354 (German)
- ^ Celler Schatzregister 1438 (German)
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.