Kretschmer is a German

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 ...

. It is an

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 word Kretscham, meaning village inn. It comes from the Middle High German word ''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 Krechmer, Kretchmer, Kretschmar, Kretzschmar, and Kreczmar (Polonized form). Notable people with the surname include: * Daniel Kretschmer (born 1971), German hip hop and reggae musician *

Ernst Kretschmer Ernst Kretschmer (8 October 18888 February 1964) was a German psychiatrist who researched the human constitution and established a Personality type, typology. Life Kretschmer was born in Wüstenrot near Heilbronn. He attended Cannstatt Gymnas ...

(1888–1964), German psychiatrist *

Gero Kretschmer Gero Kretschmer (; born 6 May 1985) is a retired German tennis player. He was a doubles specialist, who achieved his highest doubles ranking of world No. 79 in May 2014. He won his only ATP World Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour bet ...

(born 1985), German tennis player * Marlene Kretschmer, German statistician and climatologist *

Otto Kretschmer Otto Kretschmer (1 May 1912 – 5 August 1998) was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War. From September 1939 until his capture in March 1941 he sank 44 ships, including one warship, a total of 274,333 tons. For t ...

(1912–1998), German U-Boat commander in World War II *

Paul Kretschmer Paul Kretschmer (2 May 1866 – 9 March 1956) was a German linguist who studied the earliest history and interrelations of the Indo-European languages and showed how they were influenced by non-Indo-European languages, such as Etruscan. Biogr ...

(1866–1956), German linguist *

Michael Kretschmer Michael Kretschmer (born 7 May 1975) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since December 2017. Since 2022, he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under th ...

(born 1975), German politician *

Tim Kretschmer The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at the Albertville-Realschule, a secondary school in Winnenden, southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen. The shooting spree re ...

(1991–2009), German spree killer

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*Michael Krechmer, original name of

Michael Malice Michael Krechmer (born July 12, 1976), better known as Michael Malice, is a Ukrainian-American anarchist, author, and podcaster. He is the host of ''"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice'', a video podcast which airs on Podcast One. He has also ...

, Ukrainian-American author, and podcaster

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