Show ContentsReinbeck History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Reinbeck consists of two elements: "Rein" was a personal name that comes from the Gothic "ragin" meaning "council." The second element "beck" is the Low German term for "stream." Thus, the name may have originally been born by someone named Rein, who lived near a stream.

Early Origins of the Reinbeck family

The surname Reinbeck was first found in the duchy of Saxony, where the name was closely identified in early mediaeval times with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout European history.

Early History of the Reinbeck family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Reinbeck research. Another 39 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1682, 1741, 1765, 1786, 1794 and 1846 are included under the topic Early Reinbeck History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Reinbeck Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Reinbeck, Reinback, Reinbach, Reindbach and many more.

Early Notables of the Reinbeck family

Prominent bearers of the family name Reinbeck at this time were

  • Johan Gustav Reinbeck (ca...
  • 1682-1741), who was a theologian in Berlin, a man by the name of Reinbeck, who was an actor in Germany in 1786, and Emilie Reinbeck (1794-1846), who was a German painter...

Migration of the Reinbeck family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johan Nickel Reinbech, who settled in Philadelphia in 1743; Henry Reinbach, who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1839; Ludwig Georg Eduard Reinbeck, who emigrated from the former Duchy of Brunswick in 1848 heading for North America, Max Reinbach, who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1849.


Contemporary Notables of the name Reinbeck (post 1700) +

  • Betty Reinbeck, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Texas 8th District, 1996 1
  • E Reinbeck (b. 1863), Austrian orchestral pianist


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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