Fronius
Fronius is a German surname of Siebenbürger Sachse 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
- ↑ Myss Walter (ed.), Encyclopaedia of the Transylvanian Saxons, Word and World, 1993, p. 135
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