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Armentrout
Ermentraut (variants include Irmentraut, Ermantraut, Ehrmantraut and Ehrmanntraut) is a rare German surname. Further Americanized variant spellings include ''Ermentrout'', ''Armentrout'', ''Armintrout'', ''Armantrout'' and ''Armontrout''. History The ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' derives it from a feminine German given name ''Irmtraut'', ''Irmentrud'' (equivalent to Anglo-Saxon ''Ermendrud''), originally from the Germanic name elements '' Irmin'' (a Germanic god, son of Mannus) plus '' thrud'' "strength". The variant ''Ehrmantraut'' suggests a folk etymological connection to '' ehr-'' "honour". The derivation of German surnames from feminine given names is unusual, and at least the name ''Irmtraut'', but possibly also the ''Ermentraut'' varieties, is instead derived from the ''von Irmtraut'' (''von Ermetrode'') family, members of the German lower nobility, first recorded in 1215. In this case, ''Irmtraut'' is a locational surname, derived from the name of the Irmtraut, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmtraut
Irmtraut is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg at the boundary with Hesse. Irmtraut belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. History In 879, Irmtraut had its first documentary mention when Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau donated holdings here to the St. Severus Monastery in Gemünden. Politics The municipal council is made up of 14 council members, who all belong to the ''Wählergemeinschaft'' ("Voters' Community"), and who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. Economy and infrastructure Running right through the community is ''Bundesstraße'' 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Limburg-Nord on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |