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House of Lopin–Roßbach

“Labor et Ingenium”

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490

souls

33

generations

1082

earliest root

222

surnames

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The story of this house

# House of Lopin–Roßbach The House of Lopin–Roßbach encompasses nearly five centuries of documented family history, spanning from 1082 to the present day across 480 individuals. Members typically lived into their mid-sixties, with exceptional longevity reaching 119 years. The most prominent surnames—Weber, Menn, Lopin, and Keppler—appear repeatedly across generations, suggesting strong family consolidation through marriage and naming practices common to German-speaking regions. The family's geographic roots lie firmly in western German territories, with the highest concentration of births in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district of what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, particularly around Erndtebrueck and Feudingen. Secondary clustering appears in nearby Alsatian and Prussian regions, reflecting the fluid borders and migration patterns of the area across nearly a millennium. The combination of surnames like Weber (meaning weaver) and occupational or locational names suggests working and artisan families rather than nobility, embedded in the small towns and rural communities of the Rhine and Westphalian landscapes.

Those who came before

Waltraud Hußfeldt
Waltraud Hußfeldt

1955–2022

Hans Joachim Lopin
Hans Joachim Lopin

1920–

Luisa Frank
Luisa Frank

1791–1854

Theresa Weber
Theresa Weber

1854–1943

Adolf Menn
Adolf Menn

1891–1976

Bertha Scharp
Bertha Scharp

1881–1965

Klara Günther
Klara Günther

1930–2021

Rudolf Zieger
Rudolf Zieger

1922–

Gustav Zieger
Gustav Zieger

1897–1984

Irma Maria Theresia Perl
Irma Maria Theresia Perl

1900–1978

Jost Keller
Jost Keller

1622–1675

Johann Keller
Johann Keller

1589–1634

Franz Birkelbach
Franz Birkelbach

1648–1676

Susanne Sassmannshausen
Susanne Sassmannshausen

1646–1733

Johannes Franck (Doppel: check "Frank"; Johannes Frank, der Aeltere)
Johannes Franck (Doppel: check "Frank"; Johannes Frank, der Aeltere)

1603–1675

Johann August Kieper
Johann August Kieper

1848–1932

Henriette Wehr
Henriette Wehr

1846–1929

Sylvester Wald
Sylvester Wald

1767–1840

The names

Weber 21Menn 14Lopin 11Keppler 10Schneider 9Keller 8Feuring 7Kieper 7

Where they were born

GermanyErndtebrueck - SchamederTarnowke, Flatow, Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen, Prussia, GermanyAmtshausen, DeutschlandFeudingen, Bad Laasphe, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DeutschlandFeudingen, Bad Laasphe, Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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