Zinzendorf and Schleiermacher
Hi I was reading a document on romantic philosophy and literature when i founs the surname of these somewhat obscure philosophers... At simple glance tracing the etymology should be easy however wikipedia's article on the zinzerdorf family only mentions snobby irrelevant useless frivolities about two noble familiies with the surname and their genealogy but not the surname's etymology which is what I actually want albeit its not useful, relevant or necessary for my currrent studies, it specifies the two noble houses are unrelated to each other and confounds the interest in its etymology rather than building to solve it, thanks.
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Zinzendorf is the name of a place in Bavaria and Schleiermacher is the name of a weaver, more specifically a maker of veils.
So "Schleier" means "veil" and "zinzen" means...? I mean, "Dorf" means "village". Thanks, do you think I need to post zinzerdorf in the forums of the place name site?
Zinzen is probably just s variant of Zinsen, tribute, taxes, rent. It's also a surname by itself.
Thanks! So, Zinzendorf would be the village's tax collector?
No Zinzendorf is a particular village. Why I don't know. It was built as rental housing, it was given as tribute, it was a tax collection point for travelers, no idea why. There's almost no information on it other than the name and location.
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