Fritzsch Explained

Fritzsch is a German surname, also spelt Fritsch, Fritsche and Fritzsche, a patronymic derived from Friedrich.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Christian Fritzsch (1695–1769), German engraver
• Cladius Detlev Fritzsch (1765–1841), Danish painter
• Harald Fritzsch (1943–2022), German physicist
• Johannes Fritzsch (born 1960), German conductor
• Karl Fritzsch (1903–1945), German SS concentration camp commandant who was the first to use Zyklon B for mass murder
• Walter Fritzsch (1920–1997), German footballer and trainer

See also

• Variations of the name:
  • Fritsch
  • Fritsche
  • Fritzsche
• Frič, Czechized variation of the name