Family Name
This is an image of the Spänhauer's of Muttenz coat of arms found at the Basel State Archives web
site. This web page contains the coat of arms of many Swiss surnames along with their
village of citizenship.
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It could be that the name Spänhauer was derived from work done with this
kind of tool, with which wood was chipped. |
Over the centuries, there were a number spellings. The following registrations are
stored in the States Archives of Basel, beginning 1513:
| Spenhower |
Spähnhauer |
| Spenhouwer |
Spohnhauser |
| Spenhauwer |
Spönhauer |
| Spenhauer |
Spännhäuwer |
| Spänhauer (1553) |
Spennhauer |
Spaenhauer (1898) |
At the time of writing, there were living in Muttenz:
| 9 Spänhauer families with 22 grown-ups, |
| 2 teenagers and |
| 2 children |
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| 3 Spaenhauer families with 8 grown-ups, |
| 2 teenagers and |
| 2 children |
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