- Günzburg (surname)
Günzburg is a surname of
Bavaria n origin.History of the name
The Günzburg ( _ru. Гинзбург, Гинцбург "Ginzburg", "Gintsburg"; lang=he>גינזבורג) family originated in the town of
Günzburg ,Bavaria . It is believed that the family went there from the city ofUlm ,Württemberg , and that for this reason the best-known progenitor of the family and some of his immediate descendants, as well as certain others, called themselves "Ulma-Günzburg". ("Rabbi Jair Chajim Bacharach und Seine Ahnen", p. 45,Treves ,1894 ) proves that "Gunz" and "Gaunz" are simply variants of "Günzburg"."It is also an Ashkenazi Jewish
surname . When, early in the emancipation period, theJews ofRussia and ofAustria were ordered by their governments to adopt family names, it was natural that many of them should choose a name so respected and pleasing as that of Günzburg. There is on record a lawsuit instituted byBaer Günzburg ofGrodno against a Jewish family of that city who had adopted the same name under the decree of1804 (Maggid , "Toledot Mishpechoth Gintzburg," p. 239, St. Petersburg,1899 ). The court sustained the right of Jewish families to adopt any name they chose, and the number of Günzburg families accordingly increased.People named Gunzburg or variant spellings
* Baron
Joseph Günzburg , (1812-1878) Russian-Jewish banker, philanthropist and communal leader
* BaronHorace Günzburg , (1833-1909) Russian-Jewish banker, philanthropist and communal leader
* BaronDavid Günzburg , (1857-1910) Russian orientalist and Jewish communal leader
* BaronNicolas de Gunzburg , (1904-1981) socialite, editor, actor, producer
*Nico Gunzburg , (1882–1984) Belgian lawyer and criminologist
*Alexander Ginzburg (1936-2002), Soviet-era Russian dissidentReferences
* Eisenstadt-Wiener, "Da‘at Qedošim", pp. 198-212, St. Petersburg,
1897 -98;
* Belinsohn, "Shillume Emune Yisrael",Odessa ,1898 ;
* Belinsohn, "Ein Wort über die Familie Guenzburg, St. Petersburg",1858 . The chief source is Maggid's work, quoted above.
*JewishEncyclopediaee also
* Ginsberg/Ginsburg (most common variants in the USA)
*Günsberg , municipality in the district of Lebern, canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
*Balm bei Günsberg , municipality in the district of Lebern, canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
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