Bauernfeind
Bauernfeind (variant Bauerfeind) is a German surname. It originates as a byname, literally "peasants' enemy", in the late medieval period, before that (12th century) a comparable Geburenhasz is on record. The form Geburnvint is found in the poem Der Renner (c. 1290) as a generic byname of "villains". Historical spelling variants include Pawrnfeynt, Pawrveint, Gebure vient. Specific individuals with the byname are on record in the 15th century. Later, the byname was generically applied to men-at-arms or Landsknechte who chastised the peasant population in the service of a feudal lord. The name gradually developed into a surname in the course of the 16th century. As of 2013 the name had 748 entries in the German telephone directory, with the greatest concentration in Bavaria, and 398 entries for the variant Bauerfeind, with a concentration in North Rhine-Westphalia.
People with the surname:
Andre Pauernfeindt (fl. 1510s)
Bruno Bauerfeind, German founder of Bauerfeind AG health equipment company
Eberhard Bauernfeind, German basketball player
Erich Bauernfeind (born 1972), Austrian composer and painter
Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind (1728–1763), German draftsman and engraver
Gustav Bauernfeind (1848–1904)
Johann Bauernfeind (1908–1985), Austrian composer, organist, choirmaster and music teacher
Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind (1818–1894), Bauernfeind prism creator
Kilian Bauernfeind (born 2002), Austrian footballer
Otto Bauernfeind (1889–1972), German evangelical theologian
Ricarda Bauernfeind (born 2000), German professional road cyclist
Tony D. Bauernfeind, USAF lieutenant general
Volker Bauernfeind-Weinberger (born 1941), German painter and graphic artist
Winfried Bauernfeind (1935–2020), German opera director
Wolfgang Bauernfeind (Editor) (1944–2022), German journalist, feature author and director
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