Schaffhausen, historically known in English as Shaffhouse, is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 36,000 as of December 2016. It is located right next to the shore of the High Rhine; it is one of four Swiss towns located on the northern side of the Rhine, along with Neuhausen am Rheinfall, the historic Neunkirch, and medieval Stein am Rhein.
The German word Müller means "miller". It is the most common family surname in Germany, Switzerland, and the French départements of Bas-Rhin and Moselle and is the fifth most common surname in Austria. Other forms are "Miller" and "Möller". Of the various family coats of arms that exist, many incorporate milling iconography, such as windmills or watermill wheels.
Johann Conrad Ammann was a Swiss physician, naturalist, and collector.
Johann Konrad Ammann was a Swiss physician and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons.
Spinelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Amtmann or Ammann was an official in German-speaking countries of Europe and in some of the Nordic countries from the time of the Middle Ages whose office was akin to that of a bailiff. He was the most senior retainer (Dienstmann) of an Amt; the administrative office of a territorial lord (Landesherr) created to manage the estates of manors (Gutshöfe), castles and villages. The estates were both administrative as well as juridical districts. The Amtmann was usually a member of the nobility or a cleric. In towns, he was also often a member of the wealthy classes amongst the citizenship. He resided in an Amthaus or Amtshaus and collected taxes from the district (Amtsbezirk), administered justice and maintained law and order with a small, armed unit.
Amman is the capital and largest city in Jordan.
Charpentier is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann"; in Dutch, "Timmerman".
Hassler is a toponymic surname derived from a number of places called Hasel or Hassel in German-speaking parts of Europe.
Roederer is a spelling variant of the German surname Röderer. Notable people with the surname include:
Schneider is a very common surname in Germany. Alternative spellings include: Schneyder, Schnieder, Snyder, Snider, Sneider, Schnyder, Znaider, Schnaider, Schneiter, Shneider, and Sneijder, Snijder (Dutch), Snither (English), Snyman (Afrikaans), Schnider, Sznajder, Szneider (Polish), Snaider, Šnajder (Serbo-Croatian), and Schneidre (French).
Jacobi is a surname of German or Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
The Uexküll family is the name of an old and distinguished Baltic-German noble family, which derived its name from the town of Uexküll, today in Latvia.
Andreae is a surname. The name may refer to:
Herzog is a German-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mayer is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Amman is a surname of German origin. It is an occupational surname for an Ammann, an administrative position in Medieval and early modern German-speaking countries. Notable people with the surname include:
Ferrari is an Italian occupational surname, the plural form of Ferraro, meaning blacksmith.
Burchard are both Germanic given names and surnames, from Burg "castle" and hart "hard". Notable people with the name include:
Pfeiffer is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English Piper and Fifer; other spellings include Pfeifer. Notable people with the name include:
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