Wollschlager History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Wollschlager

What does the name Wollschlager mean?

The surname Wollschlager and its many variants are derived from terms relating to the medieval wool industry. The names were inspired by jobs such as cleaning and beating the wool, weaving the wool, and selling the wool.

Early Origins of the Wollschlager family

The surname Wollschlager was first found in Cologne, where the name Wollemenger was recorded in 1180. Variants of the name, however, sprouted up in many areas of Germany in the 13th and 14th centuries. Gernodus Wolnslehner was residing in the Frankonia region in 1278. Heimisch dictus Wollere was an assessor and resident in Worrstadt, in the Rhine-Hesse area, in 1318. There was a Wollenwiger in Mainz in 1327, a Conrad Woller in Brünn in 1348, a Cuontz Wolenber in 1350 in Stuttgart, and a Conrad Wulleboghe in Hanover in 1367.

Early History of the Wollschlager family

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Wollschlager Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Woll, Wollen, Woller, Wollner, Wöllner, Wollmann, Wollensack, Wollenweber, Wollweber, Wullenweber, Wüllner, Wollenschläger, Wollschläger, Wollenbär and many more.

Early Notables of the Wollschlager family

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Migration of the Wollschlager family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Abraham and Christian Wollschlag, who settled in Philadelphia in 1732; Hans Hendrick Woll and Han Gerhard Woll, who took the Oath of Allegiance in Pennsylvania in 1738 and 1749.

Contemporary Notables of the name Wollschlager (post 1700) +

Susanne "Susie" Wollschläger (b. 1967), German silver medalist field hockey goalkeeper at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Hans Wollschläger (1935-2007), German writer, translator, historian, and editor