Bachmann is a surname of

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

and

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. It originates as a description of the bearer as dwelling near a brook (''Bach''), such as a farm "Hofstatt am Bach" also called "Bachmanns Hofstatt" near

Hinwil Hinwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Hinwil (district), Hinwil in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History The village Hinwil from which the later municipality ...

Dürnten Dürnten is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Dürnten is first mentioned between 743 and 747 as ''Tunriude''. Geography Dürnten has an area of . Of this area, 60.4% is used for agricu ...

(recorded 1387), or the "Hof zum Bach" near

Richterswil Richterswil (Swiss German: ''Richtischwiil'' ) is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Richterswil is first mentioned in 1265 as ''Richtliswile''. During the 17th Century, a series of peasan ...

(recorded 1555).

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

variants of the name include ''; ''.

Switzerland

There are three main lines of Bachmann families in Switzerland, *

Canton of Thurgau Thurgau (; ; ; ), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts. Its capital is Frauenfeld. Thurgau is part of Eastern Switzerland. I ...

Canton of Zürich The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (Swiss canton, canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. Zurich is the ''de facto'' Capi ...

: Attested from 1361 at

Stettfurt Stettfurt is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Frauenfeld (district), Frauenfeld in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. History Stettfurt is first mentioned in 827 as ''Stetivurt''. Until ...

and Thundorf. Protestants since the

Swiss Reformation The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrate, Mark Reust, and the population of Zürich in the 1520s. It led to significant changes in civil life and state matte ...

, this branch came to riches trading wine and linen during the 18th century. Jakob Huldreich Bachmann was a national councillor and a federal judge

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Canton of Zug The canton of Zug or canton of Zoug (, Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; ; ; ) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its Capital (political), capital is Zug. At the canton is one of the smallest ...

: attested in

Menzingen Menzingen is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zug (canton), Zug in Switzerland. History Menzingen is first mentioned around 1217-22 as ''Meincingin''. The traditionalist Society of Saint Piu ...

and

Zug Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; ; ; ; )Named in the 16th century. is the largest List of cities in Switzerland, town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug. Zug is renowned as a hub for some of the wealthiest individuals in the wor ...

from 1359. Several

reeves Reeves may refer to: People * Reeves (surname) * B. Reeves Eason (1886–1956), American director, actor and screenwriter * Reeves Nelson (born 1991), American basketball player Places ;Ireland * Reeves, County Kildare, townland in County Kild ...

and city councillors in the 15th to 16th century. *

Canton of Glarus The canton of Glarus ( ; ; ; ) is a cantons of Switzerland, canton in east-central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus. The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German. The majority of the population (81%) identifies as Christianity in Switzer ...

: this branch moved into Glarus from the

Linth The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Switzerland, Swiss river that rises near the Linthal, Glarus, village of Linthal in the mountains of the cantons of Switzerland, canton of canton of Glarus, Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee (Züri ...

plain in the 17th century, and occupied a number of political and military offices in Glarus in the 18th to 19th centurie

Germany

A Bachmann family of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...

is attested as bearing arms in the 15th century. Their coat of arms displays two linden leaves.

North America

The name is often anglicized to ''Bachman'' in North America, and sometimes as ''Baughman''.

People

* August Bachmann, German physician and botanist (1652–1723) also known as

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (9 December 1652 – 20 December 1723) is the professional name of August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann (Rivinus from '' rīvus'' latinizing the German '' Bach'') who was a German physician and botanist who helped to devel ...

* Barbara Bachmann (1924–1999), American biologist *

Carl G. Bachmann Carl G. Bachmann (May 14, 1890 – January 22, 1980) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States Congressman from Wheeling, West Virginia from 1925 to 1933. Biography Bachmann was born in Wheeling as the son ...

(1890–1980), United States Congress Representative *

Carolin Bachmann Carolin Bachmann (born 3 September 1988) is a German politician from Alternative for Germany (AfD). She has been Member of the German Bundestag for Mittelsachsen in Saxony since 2021. Life Bachmann completed training as a bank clerk at DekaB ...

(born 1988), German politician *

Eric Bachmann Eric Emil Bachmann is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. He rose to prominence as the frontman of Archers of Loaf and Crooked Fingers. Originally a saxophone major at Appalachian State University, Bachmann's music is di ...

(born 1970), American musician / producer *

Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (6 June 1856 – after 1916), was a medical practitioner and naturalist. Bachmann was born in Lissa, Kingdom of Prussia. He studied in Breslau with Adolf Engler and in Würzburg where he was awarded an M.D. in 1883. ...

(1850-1937), German medical and naturalist * Georg Bachmann (1885–1971), German politician * Heinz Bachmann (1924–2022), American mathematician * Ida Bachmann (1900–1995), Danish librarian and journalist *

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature b ...

(1926–1973), Austrian poet and author *

John Bachmann John Bachmann, Sr. (Jan 31,1817–May 22, 1899) was a Swiss-born lithographer and artist best known for his bird's-eye views, especially of New York City. He was a journeyman Lithography, lithographic artist in Switzerland and Paris until 1847. ...

(1814–1996), Swiss lithographer and artist * Josef Bachmann (1945–1970), German would-be assassin *

Joseph Siegmund Bachmann Joseph Siegmund Bachmann ( monastic name Sixtus Bachmann; 18 July 1754 – 18 October 1825) was a German organist and composer. Musically talented at an early age, he had an organ-playing competition in 1766 with the ten-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus ...

(1754–1825), German organist and composer *

Karl Josef von Bachmann ''Maréchal de camp'' Karl Josef Anton Leodegar von Bachmann (3 December 1734 – 3 September 1792) was a French Royal Army officer who served in the Seven Years' War. He is best known as the commander of the Swiss Guards during the insurrectio ...

(1734–1792), Swiss aristocrat and general * Lutz Bachmann (born 1973), German far-right activist, founder of PEGIDA *

Michele Bachmann Michele Marie Bachmann (; née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is an American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2007 until 2015. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican P ...

(born 1956), member of the U.S. Congress from Minnesota *

Niklaus Franz von Bachmann Niklaus Leodegar Franz Ignaz von Bachmann (27 March 1740 – 11 February 1831) was a Swiss military officer who served as commander-in-chief (General (Switzerland), General) of the Swiss Army at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Family and early l ...

(1740–1831), Swiss nobleman and general *

Paul Bachmann Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann (22 June 1837 – 31 March 1920) was a German mathematician. Life Bachmann studied mathematics at the university of his native city of Berlin and received his doctorate in 1862 for his thesis on group theory. He th ...

(1837–1920), German mathematician * René Bachmann, (born 1967) also known as Robert Flux, German guitar player and music producer, member of the band

OOMPH! Oomph! is a German Rock music, rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums (''GlaubeLiebeTod'', '' ...

* Ramona Bachmann (born 1990), Swiss football (soccer) player * Werner Emmanuel Bachmann (1901–1951), U.S. chemist

Companies

Bachmann Branchline Bachmann Branchline is a British OO gauge model railway brand manufactured by Bachmann Europe PLC, a subsidiary of Bachmann Industries, and is used for British outline OO scale model railways. Bachmann, a US company founded in 1835, was purchas ...

, a British company producing model railway items

References

Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz The ''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'' (Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse; DHS) is an encyclopedia on the history of Switzerland. It aims to present the history of Switzerland in the form of an encyclopaedia, published both on paper a ...