Wabel seit 1637

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aus  Büsingen  a. H.

During my research I found a few meanings and interpretation of the Family name Wabel. I have to admit that on the list below I did not make a difference between the regional characteristisc and the different regional dialects used in German speaking areas. Also the interpretations mentioned below might not be complete. Also I would like to mention the different writings I found. It started with Wabell, Wybel, Wabbel, Waibel, Waybel, Wabl and Weibel.

Located meanings

Occupation: Waibel proved in Billingen, developed out of the occupation Weibel „Bailiff“or “Usher”^[1]. The Weibel was not always a district executive, he could also be a privately hired executive of the local judge or reeve.

In the book “Büsingen a. H., Eine reichsdeutsche Insel in der Schweiz” from 1938 you can read that the executives of the local lord of the manor are named “Hirt”, “Forster”, and Waibel^[2]. During the 16^th and 17^th Century the name Weibel was also a military rang.

Resource:

[1] Prof. Dr. Neid. in Südwestdeutsche Familiennamen, Kapitel “ Name vom Amt” Seite 80,

[2]Büsingen a. H. Die Reichsdeutsche Insel in der Schweiz, von Otto Weiner, 1938, S.92

Name of a plant / name of field or area : After Pritzel - Jessen. the blueberry, vaccinium myrtillus, developed out of “forest berries”. In Nassau Germany the name Wabel or Wolber comes from berries for all berries which grow in the forest, vacinia walbere,. I also like to name Grasmann, plant name like “cerinthe”, waxflower also named as Wabel. In the early days the people belived that the bees sucked the substance from the flower to produce the wax^[3].

Resource:

[3] German dictionary, from the Grimm brothers

Toponym: In the German state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern you will find a small village with the name Wabel also a village in Austria near Feldkirch is named Wabel. Castle Wabel (Wawel) in Krakau, Poland. Also the hill Wabel (Wawel)in Krakau, Poland^[4]

Resource:

[4]Mape of the German state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern, map from Austria, map from Poland