Weiler

Weiler is a German word or suffix for village or hamlet. Etymologically it may derive from villa in Latin, but it is also compatible with the Germanic verb weilen, i.e., to remain at a place, similar to verwijlen (Dutch) and the meaning of the English word while. It may refer to:

Places

• Weiler, Austria, a town in Vorarlberg in Austria
• Weiler, Luxembourg, a hamlet in Luxembourg
• in Germany
  • Weiler, Cochem-Zell, in the district Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Weiler, Mayen-Koblenz, in the district Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Weiler bei Bingen, in the district Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Weiler bei Monzingen, in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Weiler (Rottenburg), a suburb of Rottenburg am Neckar in the district of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg
  • Dudweiler, part of Saarbrücken
  • Badenweiler Baden-Württemberg

There are about 160 German places with suffix '-weiler' in a total list of 11746.

People

• Barbara Weiler (born 1946), a German politician
• Brenda Weiler, an American singer/songwriter
• Dirk Weiler, a German musical theatre actor living in the United States
• Joseph H. H. Weiler, (born 1951), a professor at New York University Law School
• Lance Weiler, an American film-maker and writer
• Lucien Weiler (born 1951), a Luxembourgian politician and jurist
• Max Weiler (1900–1969), Swiss footballer
• Raoul Weiler, President of the EU-Chapter of The Club of Rome
• Sepp Weiler (1921–1997), a West German ski jumper
• Sophie von Weiler (born 1958), a Dutch field hockey forward in the olympics
• Wayne Weiler (1934–2005), an American racecar driver

Rory Weiler (1995-present), A Buffalonian Musician

• Paul C. Weiler (born 1939) Harvard law professor and supporter of non obstante clause in Canada's constitution

See also

• Wyler (disambiguation)
• Wheeler