Kretschmar

Kretschmar is a German occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term Kretscham for village inn. It comes from Middle High German kretschmar, which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech . Other forms include Kretschmer, Kretchmer, Kretzschmar, and Kreczmar (Polonized form).

Notable people with the surname include:

• Daniel Kretschmar (born 1976), German journalist
• Gerhard Kretschmar (1939–1939), German eugenics victim
• Helmut Kretschmar (born 1928), German classical tenor
• William Kretschmar (1933–2017), American politician

• Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff a fictional character in the 1942 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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