Plessner or Plesner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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| Origin | |
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| Language(s) | German |
| Meaning | 1. from (Polish: Pszczyna), Silesia, German or Jewish surname; See also Heinrich XV, Duchy of Pless, principality of Anhalt-Pless 2. from Plesná, the Czech Republic 3. from Polish places "Pleśna" 4. Plesse, nearby Bovenden 5. Other place names - Pless. Germany Pleß or Von Pless German in origin variant of Pless, Plöß (Czech: Pláne) |
| Region of origin | Poland (includes Austrian Galicia), Germany (especially Westphailia, southern Lowe Saxony), Czech Republic, Austria, Israel |
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| Variant form(s) | Pleßner, Plesner, Plešner, Platz, Pless, Plöss; not related but similar forms: Plesser, Plessers, Plössl |
- Clementine Plessner, née Folkmann (1855-1943), Jewish Austrian actress
- Helmuth (Karl Otto Gustav Bernhard) Plessner (1892-1985), German philosopher and sociologist of Jewish descent
- Abraham Plessner (1900-1961), Jewish Polish-Russian mathematician
Plesner
- Yohanan Plesner (born 1972), Israeli politician
- The Plesner Fragment, a parchment page from c. 1275
Pleß
- Helmut Pleß (2 November 1918 – 25 December 1999) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
- A mountain in Germany.
Platz
Old German form of the surname Pless.
References
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