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Angersbach, originally Angerspah, is an Old Hessian surname.
All living members of this family are perhaps descendants of the noble family von Angersbach.
Meaning of the name is as follows:
''Anger'' = grass covered land / middle of a Germanic tribe settlement.
''res'' =
marsh
A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found a ...
/ floating water.
''pah'' =
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much lar ...
.
The history of this family dates 1,200 years back into Germanic past.