Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier. The German surname derives from the word Berg, the word for "mountain" or "hill", and means "a resident on a mountain or hill", or someone from a toponym Berg, derived from the same. The pronunciation of the English name may sometimes be BUR-jər following the French phonetics French pronunciation:[bɛʁ.ʒe]. Notable people with this surname include:
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
Maurer is a German surname, translating in English to "bricklayer" or "wall builder." Notable people with the surname include:
Goldenberg is a surname of Jewish-Austrian or Jewish Romanian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Gruber is a German surname from Austria and Bavaria, referring to a person from a geological depression, mine, or pit. It may refer to:
Götz or Goetz is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of Gottfried. It remains in use as a short form of Gottfried, but it has also become a surname.
Zuckermann or Zuckerman is a Yiddish or German surname meaning "sugar man".
Schwartz is a last name of German/Yiddish (German-Jewish) origin, meaning "black". It was originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. It may refer to:
Rosen is a surname of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin, the name deriving from the German word for roses. Notable people with this surname include:
Kastner is a German language surname, originating from the medieval occupation Kastner. Notable people with the surname include:
Gottfried Silbermann was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two.
Siegel, is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Alternate spellings include Sigel, Sigl, Siegl, and others.
Huth is a German surname. Notable with the surname include:
Zilberman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nadler is a German surname meaning "wire drawer". Notable people with the surname include:
Moller, Möller, Møller or von Möller is a surname. 'Möller' means 'Miller'. Notable people with the surname include:
Andreas Silbermann was a German organ builder, who was involved in the construction of 35 organs, mostly in Alsace. Andreas also established the Silbermann family tradition of organ building, training his brother Gottfried and his son Johann Andreas in the profession.
Johann Andreas Silbermann, also known as Jean-André Silbermann was an 18th-century organ-builder, as were his father Andreas Silbermann and his paternal uncle Gottfried Silbermann.
The Church of Reinhardtsgrimma is a Lutheran parish church in Reinhardtsgrimma, a part of Glashütte in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in Saxony, Germany. It contains a pipe organ built in 1731 to the designs of Gottfried Silbermann.
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