Hello,
Could someone please tell where or what "Flessenow" is. I am researching the surname "BRUGGEMAN/BRUEGGMANN" and have no idea if this is a town or some other meaning. I would guess maybe a Town. Any help sure would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Marilyn USA
Prefix: flessenow
Flessenow
GKZ : 13 0 33 490
County : | +---- Schwerin {SN}
Land : +--------- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
ZIP : 19067
Locat : (Schwerin) 53d36m N 11d24m E
Maps : TK25 2434 Schwerin-W�stmark
TK50 L2534 Crivitz
Euro Mc27
Marilyn
Bruggeman or Brueggmann
Bruggeman is a ordinary Dutch family name. It's derived probably from the
occupation or place because 'Brug' means 'Bridge' in Dutch.
In a dutch book (Nederlandsche Geslachtsnamen by Johan Winkler) the
following explanation:
There are a lot of names ending on "man", mostly have a geographic
background. Sometimes the end on "mans" which is a short of ....man's son.
The name says: A man that lived nearby a bridge (Bruggeman),
sluice(Sluisman), dike(Dijkman), woud(Boschman), hill (Heuvelman) or
mountain(Bergman)was sometimes named after the place where he lived. More
examples: Brugman, Bruggeman, Brugmans en Bruggemans, Daalman, Dijkman en
Dijkmans, Duinman, Geestman en Gastmans. Also the German spelling Br�ggemann
or Bruegg(e)mann can be explained is this way.
In German the translation for Bridge is Br�cke not Br�gge. I repost this
mail in the Oldenburger list. I hope they can answer the question of the
native of Br�gge or Bruegg.
There are a lott of genealogic websites:
http://www.geneaseek.org/cgi-bin/search_nl?q=Bruggeman&gr=off. Geneaseek
gives 348 references.