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![Show Contents]() Loewenberg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Germany
The German family name Loewenberg is derived from the combination of two element: "lowen" or "löwe," meaning "lion," and "berg," meaning "hill" or "mountain." There are several towns by this name in Germany, located in Silesia, Württemberg, and in Brandenburg. It is most likely that several families independently assumed this name during the Middle Ages, when the German speaking peoples began using surnames with more and more frequency. Some no doubt took the name of where they were from; perhaps others had already been known by Loewenberg as a nick-name. Early Origins of the Loewenberg familyThe surname Loewenberg was first found in Bohemia and the Rhineland. There was a Loew family that was one of the oldest and most respected families of the Rhineland. Chronicles mention them as early as 1265, though the first individual known was the knight Erwin Loew around 1300. Another early recorded instance of this name is of a Cuonrad Leuwenberg in Oberjesingen, near Herrenberg in the fourteenth century. Early History of the Loewenberg familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Loewenberg research. Another 170 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1217, 1465, 1628, 1703, 1706, 1733, 1796, 1799 and 1869 are included under the topic Early Loewenberg History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Loewenberg Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Lowenberg, Lowenburg, Loewenberg, Löwenberg and others. Early Notables of the Loewenberg familyMore information is included under the topic Early Loewenberg Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Loewenberg migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Loewenberg Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Elias Loewenberg, who arrived in New England in 1761 1
- Maria Cat Loewenberg, who landed in New England in 1763 1
- Christoph Aug Loewenberg, who landed in New England in 1766 1
- Christina Loewenberg, who arrived in America in 1774 1
- Philipp Loewenberg, who arrived in New England in 1774 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Loewenberg (post 1700) | + |
- James R Loewenberg, American architect, practicing since 1957
- Jacob Loewenberg (b. 1882), American philosopher, educator and author, listed in "Who's who in Philosophy" (1942)
- Michael Loewenberg, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Yale University (2003)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Loewenberg migration to the United States 
