Frenzel
Frenzel is a German family name that originated in the Rhineland, and today is prevalent among Volga Germans and in east-central Germany, focused on Dresden. It is a patronymic name meaning son of Franciscus.
There are several historical figures named Frenzel:
- Alfred Frenzel - Cold War-era Czechoslovakian spy
- Anton Frenzel, bishop of Ermland
- Bartholomäus Frenzel, German poet
- Bill Frenzel - Minnesota Congressman
- Elisabeth Frenzel, German literary notable
- Eric Frenzel, German skier
- Ernst Frenzel, German banker, SA brigade leader and Reichstag delegate
- Fritz Frenzel, German writer and publisher
- Gotfried Frenzel, German art historian and restorer
- Hans Frenzel, German broadcast director
- Herbert Frenzel, German novelist
- Herbert A. Frenzel, German theatre notable
- Hermann Robert Frenzel, German organist and technical writer
- Hermann Walter Gotthold Frenzel, German HNO physician and Luftwaffe officer, inventor of the Frenzel maneuver to balance pressure
- Ivo Frenzel, German author, Daten deutscher Dichtung
- Johann Gottlieb Frenzel, German lawyer, historian and philosopher
- Johann Gottlieb Abraham Frenzel, German coppersmith
- Karl Frenzel, German writer and critic
- Karl Frenzel - German Nazi SS-Oberscharführer, one of Sobibor's SS commanders
- Michael Frenzel
- Oskar Frenzel, German animal and landscape painter
- Paul Frenzel, German animal and landscape painter
- Walther Frenzel, German engineer and professor of textile chemistry
Further, there are several businesses named Frenzel, among them a Düsseldorf manufacturer.
