Menaing of Kalchbrenner
Does anyone know the Ennglish meaning of the German name Kalchbrenner? Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks, Russ
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The German surname KALCHBRENNER or (more common) KALKBRENNER literally translates "chalk burner", i.e. someone working at lime works ("burning" the chalk to make mortar).Source: R. and V. Kohlheim, Familiennamen, Mannheim 2000
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Additional info:
the geogen website counts only four instances of this name in Germany, but 77 in Austria. In fact , of the three spellings, Kalk-, Kalck-, and Kalch-, it is last that is best represented in Austria, the first in Germany.
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