Save Type Surname (from location & ornamental) Usage German, Jewish Other Forms FormsFrankenberger Meaning & History habitational name from a place in northern Hesse named as "fort (Old High German burg) of the Franks". From German franken and berg "mountain hill mountain". Situated on the border with the Saxons Frankenberg was founded c. 1230.
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