Fronius

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Fronius is a German surname of Transylvanian Saxon origin.[1] The Fronius family maintained an aristocratic status within the autonomous region of Siebenbürgen.

People with the surname include:

  • Andreas Fronius (c. 1500-?), city magistrate of Kronstadt, Siebenbürgen, and father of Matthias Fronius
  • Franz Friedrich Fronius (1829–1886), Transylvanian-Saxon botanist, ethnologist and Lutheran cleric
  • Günter Fronius (born 1907), entrepreneur, founder of Fronius International GmbH
  • Hans Fronius (1903-1988), Austrian painter and illustrator
  • Marcus Fronius (1659-1713), Lutheran theologian, pedagogue and author
  • Matthias Fronius (1522-1588), Lutheran cleric and city magistrate of Kronstadt

References

  1. ^ Myss Walter (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the Transylvanian Saxons, Word and World, 1993, p. 135