This website is dedicated to the surname WITTENBURG and WITTENBERG.

It examines their origin and history firstly as a descriptive term for naming places, then the names’ eventual adoption as surnames, their variations in spelling over time, and these surnames’ gradual spreading to other lands. It is also about Notables answering to these surnames, the names’ heraldry and sundry other things associated with them.

This website was confined to Wittenburg only when started, but more research in the interval led to many new insights about the similarity of origin and development of both the names Wittenburg and Wittenberg to now dedicate the site to both.

It is planned to add new chapters until the grand outlines of this project are in place.

This website is also meant to serve as an information resource for the fifteen to twenty thousand bearers of these surnames and variations thereof. Since a project like this will by its nature remain a work-in-progress, comments and additional information will always be welcome.

 

2018, 2020, 2021, 2026