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Seekamp

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Seekamp is a surname of German origin.[1]

The Seekamp name dates back to November 25, 1481. That Friday, Heinrich Clüver sold a piece of land near Bollen known as the Seekampswerder to the church, who in turn leased the land to two brothers: Hinrich and Brüne. They didn’t have a surname yet. But thanks to the lease, they became known as Hinrich Seekamp and Brüne Seekamp.[2]

Werder are small, cultivated pieces of land, on a river, which become rich and fertile over time through the ebb and flow of river floods. The Seekamp name is formed from German See meaning 'lake', and kamp, a Low German word meaning 'enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land', which in turn comes from the Latin word campus meaning 'plain'. So a Seekamp, in the literal meaning of the word, is a lake-field.

By the early 1700s, descendants of Hinrich Seekamp and his brother had become established families in the surrounding villages: Bollen, Uphusen, Bierden, Mahndorf, Embsen, and the towns of Achim and Arbergen. The Seekamp name had become one of the more common family names in the area.[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 3. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 315. ISBN 9780195081374. OCLC 51655476.
  2. ^ a b "The first Seekamps". Seekamp Family website.