- Bachmann
Bachmann is a surname
Switzerland andGermany . It originates as a description of the bearer as dwelling near a brook ("Bach"), such as a farm "Hofstatt am Bach" also called "Bachmanns Hofstatt" nearHinwil orDürnten (recorded 1387), or the "Hof zum Bach" nearRichterswil (recorded 1555).Low German variants of the name include "Beckman(n); Beekman(n); Becker".witzerland
There are three main lines of Bachmann families in Switzerland,
*Canton of Thurgau /Canton of Zürich : Attested from 1361 atStettfurt and Thundorf. Protestants since theSwiss Reformation , this branch came to riches trading wine and linen during the 18th century.Jakob Huldreich Bachmann was a national councillor and a federal judge. [http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/b/ba/bachmannq.htm] [http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/b/ba/bachmanno.htm] [http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/b/ba/bachmannb.htm] [http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/b/ba/bachmannc.htm]
*Canton of Zug : attested inMenzingen andZug from 1359. Several reeves and city councillors in the 15th to 16th century.
*Canton of Glarus : this branch moved into Glarus from theLinth plain in the 17th century, and occupied a number of political and military offices in Glarus in the 18th to 19th centuries. [http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/b/ba/bachmannd.htm]Germany
A Bachmann family of
Bohemia is attested as bearing arms in the 15th century. Their coat of arms displays two linden leaves.North America
The name is often anglicized to "
Bachman " in North America, and sometimes as "Baughman".Georg Bachmann (born 1686 in
Richterswil , son of Jos Bachmann 1657-1736) wasMennonite , married to Anna Maria Schnebelli in 1715. He emigrated toCoopersburg ,Bucks County ,Pennsylvania in 1717. Their family bible, a 1536Froschauer Bible , remains in possession of the Mennonite Heritage Center,Harleysville, Pennsylvania .People
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August Bachmann , German physician and botanist (1652-1723) also known asAugustus Quirinus Rivinus
*John Bachmann , Swiss lithographer and artist (1814-96)
*Paul Bachmann , German mathematician (1837-1920)
*Carl G. Bachmann , United States Congress Representative (1890-1980)
*Hans Bachmann , American actor
*Ingeborg Bachmann , Austrian poet and author (1926-73)
*Josef Bachmann , German would-be assassin (1945-70)
*Michele Bachmann (b. 1956), member of theU.S. Congress fromMinnesota
*Eric Bachmann , Miami University Professor (1980-present)References
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Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ee also
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Bachmann Industries , maker of model railway trains and equipment
**Bachmann Branchline , brand name used by Bachmann Industries for their OO gauge 'British outline' railway models
*Bachmann knot , a type of friction hitch, which is a kind of knot used to attach one rope to another in a way that is easily adjusted
* "Bachmann", a short story written byVladimir Nabokov .
*Bachman External links
* [http://www.stanford.edu/~philr/Bachman/BachmanResults.html Bachmann/Bachman/Baughman Y-chromosome study]
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