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Buettner
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The name came from a business. Someone who makes barrels is called Buettner,Boettger,.... It depends of the region. In the German regions Schlesien, Thüringen, Sachsen, Böhmen, Hessen und Franken they were called Buettner. |
| Hoelzer | This name is originally in the business of a wood-cutter. |
| Jaeger | A hunter who worked in further times especially for the nobility is original for this name. |
| Leipold | Leipold comes from the given name Liutbald. |
| Pfeiffer | The job of a musician, who played pipes and also other instruments is the reson for this name. These musicians mostly were employed in a town. |
| Rack | The name Rack has many origins. Maybe it came from someone who worked with a hoe, or it was built from the given name Racco, or it came from the old German word rac (= tight, loose, free). |
| Scheidemantel
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This name refers to the place where someone lived. Scheide- means the border and -mantel means a tree, the Foehre (= pine). Therefore Scheidemantel is someone who lived at the pine on the border. |