Frenzel Explained
Frenzel is a German family name that originated in the Rhineland, and today is prevalent among Volga Germans and in east-central Germany, focused on Dresden. It is a patronymic name meaning son of Franciscus.
There are several historical figures named Frenzel:
- Alfred Frenzel - Cold War-era Czechoslovakian spy
- Anton Frenzel (1790-1873), bishop of Ermland
- Bartholomäus Frenzel (mention 1576), German poet
- Bill Frenzel (1947-2014), Minnesota Congressman
- Elisabeth Frenzel (1915-2014), German literary notable
- Eric Frenzel (1988-), German skier
- Ernst Frenzel (1904–1978), German banker, SA brigade leader and Reichstag delegate
- Fritz Frenzel (1855-1915), German writer and publisher (alias August Bäbchen)
- Gotfried Frenzel (born 1929), German art historian and restorer
- Hans Frenzel (1921-1989), German broadcast director
- Herbert Frenzel (novelist), German novelist
- Herbert A. Frenzel (1908-1995), German theatre notable
- Hermann Robert Frenzel (1850-?), German organist and technical writer
- Hermann Walter Gotthold Frenzel (1895-?), German HNO physician and Luftwaffe officer, inventor of the Frenzel maneuver to balance pressure
- Ivo Frenzel (1924-2014), German author, Daten deutscher Dichtung
- Johann Gottlieb Frenzel (1715-1780), German lawyer, historian and philosopher
- Johann Gottlieb Abraham Frenzel (1782-1855), German coppersmith
- Karl Frenzel (1827-1914), German writer and critic
- Karl Frenzel (1911—1996) - German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer, one of Sobibor's SS commanders
- Michael Frenzel
- Oskar Frenzel (1855-1915), German animal and landscape painter
- Salomon Frenzel von Friedenthal (1560/64–1600), Silesian writer
- Paul Frenzel (1824-1872), German animal and landscape painter
- Walther Frenzel (1884-1970), German engineer and professor of textile chemistry
- Bob Frenzel (1970-), CEO and COO of Xcel Energy.
Further, there are several businesses named Frenzel, among them a Düsseldorf manufacturer.
See also
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050330030604/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files
