Kretschmann Explained

Kretschmann is a German occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term Kretscham for village inn. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charlotte Kretschmann (1909-2024), German supercententarian
• Erich Kretschmann, German physicist
• Steffen Kretschmann, German boxer
• Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
• Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948), German politician

See also

• Cabinet Kretschmann (disambiguation), two governments of the German state of Baden-Württemberg since 2011
• Kretschmann scalar, a quadratic scalar invariant in the theory of Lorentzian manifolds