Kretschmar is a German
occupational surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term
Kretscham for village inn. It comes from Middle High German ''kretschmar'', which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g.
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
krčmář.
[ Other forms include Kretschmer, Kretchmer, Kretzschmar, and Kreczmar (Polonized form).
Notable people with the surname include:
* Daniel Kretschmar (born 1976), German journalist
*]Gerhard Kretschmar
Gerhard Herbert Kretschmar (20 February 1939 – 25 July 1939) was a German child born with severe disabilities. After receiving a petition from the child's parents, the German Führer Adolf Hitler authorized one of his personal physicians, Karl ...
(1939–1939), German eugenics victim
* Helmut Kretschmar (born 1928), German classical tenor
*William Kretschmar
William Edward Kretschmar (August 21, 1933 – August 18, 2017) was an American politician who was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives. He represented the 28th district as a Republican, having been re-elected in 2000 and serving ...
(1933–2017), American politician
* Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff a fictional character in the 1942 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' is a 1943 British romantic-war film written, produced and directed by the British film-making team of Powell and Pressburger, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and ...
References
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[{{cite web , url= https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=kretschmar , title= Kretschmar , work=Dictionary of American Family Names , year= 2013 , publisher= Oxford University Press ]
[{{cite web , url= http://www.namenforschung.net/id/name/3455/1 , title= Kretschmar , last= Scheller , first= Andrea , work= Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands , year= 2020 ]
Occupational surnames
Surnames of Slavic origin
Sorbian-language surnames
German-language surnames